!0ST
SHOWN
BY
FINANCE
IT
DOING
VERY
MUCH
M
r
If
v.;
M
in...
I
An,
Scale
v
wviiar
lorced
to
lay
off
a
"uplr
of
months
ow-u
vcrr-iy
sprained
arm.
H
M
Vn
ar
nrrlvcd
In
the
and
success.
MAORIS
AC.CRIEVn)
f:L"NGTON.
N.
2..
Feb.
27:
A
Petition
frnm
met
nnnt
jusuces
Tr,.!i
,
...
..
,
...
v
ui
tVUUUUUl
OV
.
:
to
"raise
serious
aerr-catiea
MINISTER,
COL.
RALSTON;1
i)rtuliturc
In
Naval
Effort
Ten
Times
Higher
-Hiitfe
ir
Otlllay
Now
Whereas
in
Last
War
There
as
None
OTTAWA,
February
27:
(CP)
Canada's
present
5
.
tmcr
much
niKher
than
the
first
Great
War
be-t':r
lflH-18
effort
was
almost
wholly
manoower
time
it
is'inen
and
machines,
Hon.
J.
L.
Ralston.
!
over
the
national
network
of
the
Canadian
Broadcasting
Corporation.
A
division
this
time
cost
prob-
aoiy
iwice
as
much
at
least
at
In
the
last
rar.
Col.
Ralston
said.
Estimates
for
Canada's
militia
itvIc-
violations
of
Inter-
Teasels
totalling
naval
warfare
"There
was
no
such
thins
as
a
W
OPEN
NEW
CAMP
W:r
to.
Said
To
Be
Con-
l!lin;
Logging
On
(Jueen
Charlotte
islands
n
Morgan.
A.
P.
Alll-T
A
Kelley
Logging
Co.
'
a
;ug
full
blast.
It
to
'
ite
Smith-Dollar
Co.
';n
opening
up
a
Canadian
air
force
In
the
last
war.
This
Ume
the
Royal
Canadian
Air
Force
comprises
'over
eight
thousand
officers
and
men.
But
that
does
not
take
account
of
the
air
training
scheme.
The
estimate
for
Canada's
share
of
this
uo
to
September
1
was
about
$50,000,000
but
the
estimate
for
our
share
for
the
full
fiscal
year
ending
March
31
1941.
will
be
around
$100,000,000."
(
Vigorous
And
Effective
i
Col.
Ralston
said
that
It
was
Ms
"very
sincere
opinion"
that
the
Gotwervattve
leader.
Hon.
Dr.
R.
J.
Manlon.
had
no
justification
operation
in
the
for
characterising
Canada's
war
alley
on
the
north
effort
as
weak,
inefficient
or
drag-
"y
Island.
It
would
ging.
"On
the
contrary,
I
think
It
ins
railway
opera-
has
been
vigorous
and
effective.
I
undertaken
by
the
government
effnrt
was
to
expand
national
Income,
the
minister
of
finance
continued.
In
this
regard
national
unity
was
essential
and
"I
believe
that
national
unity
which
has
been
achieved
is
the
result
In
no
small
degree
of
y
af-.noon
from
the
Atllnl
patience,
wise
tolerance
and
far-
lr
vuPf
A
.ul
sighted
Canadlanism
oi
our
pre-
Furbfs
nf
aii.
a
i.
v,
sent
Prime
.MlnMcr,
until
this
war
Is
over
too.
ANOTHER
SUB
SUNK
PROVINCIAL
I
1
LIBRARY
Wmm
www
reather
Forecast
Tomorrows
Tides
"If
H"
Rupert
and
Queen
unds
Fresh
northeast
nol
and
light
snow.
CXIX
N-.-.49.
1
'
v.
5:
NOfcTIIEttN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITIS
H
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
NAZI
SHIP
CAPTURED
British
Warship
Foiled
Attempt
to
Scuttle
German
Freighter
Allied
Losses
Light
Churchill
Speaks
Picdicts
That
Even
Greater
Sea1
Effort
May
He
Expected
to
be
'
Made
By
Enemy
PARIS,
Teb.
27:
(CP)
The
cr
of
finance,
said
last
night
in
an
election
speech!
French
detroytr
simoun
has
destroyed
a
German
submarine
off
Cape
rinlsterre.
it
was
dls-
!
closed
tonight.
It
is
in
that
re-
1
gion
where
a
number
of
merchant
ships
have
been
torpedoed
I
during
the
past
week.
LONDON.
Feb.
27:
CPt
The
e
alone
for
the
first
year
of
this
u"man
"eienier
wanene.
idimmn
Nations
Want
to
See
war
are
$107,000,000.
wch
attempted
to
run
the
to.
Finnish
War
Over
But
"At
this
stage
of
the
last
war
urnuh
b,oc"
fm
Vlwo.
Spain.
Idciit
Finland
Official
Aid
our
naval
equipment
and
person.
e
Pn
wa
orougnt
to
a
nel
ormsn
oon
ov
a
warsnl
Wcr
composed
tw0
light
erulcers
brrc'JAuEN
Feb.
27:
CPi-
and
1500
men
and
for
the
first
neT
in
a
?ulu,n
attempt,
it
r-wlng
hope
after
full
fiscal
year
of
the
last
war
the
wal
me
twenty-fifth
Oerman
vessel
1
ronference
Out
the
naval
sen
ice
spent
leas
than
$4
-
to
be
e01"11
y
tn
A1U
80
far
war
could
be
OOOjOOO.
Thte
Ume
we
have
six
ln
"
w
An
additional
twenty-peaceful
solution
thousand
officers
and
men
In
the
elght
hVe
ben
cutud
-..
full
inertMuiMv
naw.
uv
hav
air
Imi.n
The
British
steamer
Clan
Morrl-
"
-
f
-
-
.
uvwtiv;
vis
aim
cliin
ministers
of
a
HoUlla
Inrirr
ti-lth
flv.
n.at
nu
a
nmic
in
uic
Bulletins
JUGOSLAV
CONSPIRACY
ZAGREB,
Jugo-Slavla
Secret
police
arrested
thirty
Croat
separatist
leaders
today,
charging
that
they
plotted
to
break
up
Jugoslavia.
The
croup
was
identified
as
members
of
an
organization
blamed
for
the
assassination
of
King
Alexander
In
1931.
CALIFORNIA
FLOODS
SAN
FRANCISCO
Dozen's
of
families
evacuated
lowlands
In
widely
separated
sections
of
northern
California
today
as
normally
dry
creek
beds
flooded
after
three
days
of
torrential
rains.
CONFIDENCE
IN
DALADIER
PARIS
The
Chamber
of
Deputies
today
voted
confidence
n
Premier
Edouard
Da'adier.
450
to
one.
after
the
Premier
requested
the
vote
following
criticism
of
French
censorship
and
propaganda.
CONFERENCE
WITH
POPE
:k
and
Norway
took
minesweepers
and
twenty
auxiliary
North
8ea
and
$ank
1lb
one
mtm
,
...
,
K
VnlUA
State,
Antbassador
To
further
aid
to
their
craft.
Naval
estimates
for
the
first
ber
of
crew
,Mt
Ia4t
khlp.
reet,
IIU
Credentials
rv.
nnland.
year
of
the
war
are
not
JljDOO.OOO
oln
the
:
:
the
conference
of
In
the
last
war
but
$40jDOOjOOQ.
'!?an
,'Pe
v'T'd""1
w
,
,
t
Expressed
Rt
Churchill
llon
WlnHon
First
..dlnartan
nations
There
U
as
a
matter
of
tact,
a
..
x
.
.
Lttd
at
the
Admlraltv.
roeaklncr
In'
Mr.
Churchill
warned
that
great
er
attacks
than
ever
upon
Allied
ol,
cj.,u
of
from
two
to
four
a
week.
Yester-
inr
vaucan.
toaay
nanaea
rope
Hav
h
maM
Im.i
nn.
-m'i'Jus
an
autograpnea
letter
ex
submarine
was
destroyed
and
al
most
certainly
another.
nrix!nir
the
Prpulrfpnt"
hn
the
battleship
Barham
had
been!conferred
?L!?!Bn,EreS
today
with
the
French
'"is
in
the
Dettva
val-
uu
himMlf.
I
do
say
that
errors.
nttnn
Dh
m.
mrh.m
ii
-'
'
ntiiun
niM
tfsc
UHiitaMt
o
w
-
rompmnled
by
E.
C.
when
they
are
discovered,
are
tnat
on
December
29
that
Mrtegate.
corrected
and
we
are
seeing
to
it
P
Ailinon
Logging
Co.'s
that
they
are
not
repeated.
To
be
w
uto
Skldefatc
Lake
ready
to
correct
an
error
or
rem-u
8kldegate
Lake
Is
fdy
an
Injustice
Is.
It
seems
to
me,
3
W'-rn
Cumshewa
Inlet.
nnt
oviHcnr
of
indifference
or
ln-
Inlet.
sveloping
Gold
round
At
Atlin
battleship
had
been
damaged
by
a
the
Nelson
reached
port
under
their
own
steam
and
were
now
being
re-
commlssioned.
Casualties
were
not
efficiency
but
of
a
sound
and
fair
mentioncd
admlnlstraUon."
I
One
of
the
most
serious
tasks
that
there
were
no
serious
loop
:mon
of
a
promising
placer
J
makc
national
income
best,
holes
In
the
Allied
blockade
which
kt'v
Thn
.
...
I
To
10
maKC
.
'would
oerm
t
thfi
shipment
of
Un-
STA
-
H'iriy
is
Known
mprt
the
needs
OI
vne
Biiuaw.u...
----
-
.
.
niuntanyon
una
located
Zs
working
in
close
fL
th
M
8dS
MH"
deck
a
inhntnrv
nf'I
.....
-hi,
the
United
to
German).
j
v-
1111111(1
llLlflll
niWI
I
ml
Mtf
AM
OCA
r
"Mr
1U
headwaters.
cicdom.
Col.
Ralston
declared.;
W
"
HZ
HWi'"
Ht-,11
is.
'
.
I
K.
Blockade
Effective
Rt
Hon.
Ronald
Cross,
minister
-
-
-
mwm
hiiip
i
iiiiii
miciv
t,u
.
.
i
-
i
a
1
1
1
An
nnu.
------
-
i
on
rn
nnvp
nrr1
l
x
i
uv
nuKU
uhi-
mnth
momn
over
ocr
tne
u
na
"
"'"V-
.J:"
n.ut-u
BrlUsh
month
to
craft
Jn
lnose
wftlew
ahead
to
giv
years
that
He
nayal
craft
on
oM
maximum
assistance
to
:,,.
ftnrt
oerman
and
Russian,
on
FOR
RARE
OLD
SMOKE
WEDGEPORT,
N.
a
Feb.
27:.
(CP)-When.the
war
is
over.
Nery
the
other,
are
reported
to
have
been
co-opcratlng.
N,
...
:
(v,l'-",K"."
v
A
BAB
UOIOJ
-
wana
was
ceded
byiDoucet
will
have
a
t
t
omdon.
(CP)-The
Montreal
$37.54
per
Minister
Joachim
"on
RlhtvntroD.
On
the
way
to
Benin,
!'-
u
expect
torpedo.
Both
the
Barham
and
Cfj
that
Mr.
Welles
will
stop
briefly
at
Berne.
Switzerland,
to
meet
Swiss
authorities.
Mrs.
Welles
is
remaining
in
Italy
while
her
husband
visits
Germany.
France
and
Italy
and
It
Is
understood
he
will
return
to
Italy
and
again
meet
of
economic
warfare,
answering.
Premier
Benito
Mussolini
after
the
PACTS
ARE
DISCUSSED
Secretary
Cordell
Hull
Valiant
Defender
of
Roosevelt's
Trade
Agreements
With
Many
Lands
By
II.
M.
PETERS
Canadian
Prer
Staff
Writer
NFW
YORK.
Feb.
27:
iCP
Months
ahead
of
the
formal
open-of
the
1940
nreildentlal
campaign,
a
torrent
of
argument
is
In
flow
throughout
the
United
States
countries,
the
effect
of
the
21
agree
ment
tw
ln
existence
will
be
argued
rlht
up
to
election
day.
November
5.
Spearhead
of
those
who
defend;
the
agreements
Is
Cordell
Hull.
Ten-pw
veteran
who
has
devoted
his
whole
comical
career
to
the
dls-emtnatlon
of
the
eosoel
that
the
frwr
International
trade
Is
the
better
Vr
the
world.
Hull.
ecretarv
of
state
.lne
j
i"S3.
may
vet
head
the
democratic
ticket
ln
the
elecUon.
In
whl:h
event
the
asreement
over
trade
-ol'rW
would
become
of
even
irqtr
tmnertanc
thn
It
Is
now.
The
ReDubliean
Party,
tradition-olh
a
bkh-tarlff
oartv
drawing
Its
r-"(n
wirtyv
from
the
ereat
Industrial
states
which
swune
f
Comment
on
Agreements
Their
many-'lded
arguments
touch
largely
uoon
the
fact
that
"re-establlshment
of
more
per-
les.
do
not
have
to
bp
ratified
bv
mancnt
peace
on
foundations
of
the
United
States
Senate.
Under
the
freedom
and
assurance
of
the
life
present
law
the
nres!dnt
can
low-
frmm
And
anothpr
and
that
thp
tory
to
entraining
at
midnight
for
naMona,
,n,PP
Principal
of
the
agreements
attained
under
the.
act
are
those
with
Canada
and
Great
Britain.
Throughout
the
farming
west
and
south
speaker
after
speaked
ham-mer
at
these
two
agreements,
particularly
the
Canadian,
on
the
ground
that
the
United
States
Is
"flonded'.'"
by
competitive
goods.
Farmers
Divided
.
But
even
among
tne
farmers
in
the
economic
part
of
the
war
questions
In
the
House,
said
therelGerman,
French
and
British
con-
themselves
there
Is
no
unanimity.
was
no
serious
leakage
of
supplies
.fcrenccs.
to
Belgium
or
Holland.
Attention
was
now
being
turned
to
the
possibility
of
shipments
to
Germany
by
way
of
Siberia
with
Russian
co-operation.
;The
government
assured
the
House
!l
I
H
F
S
T
War
News
!
-that
Germany
Kould
hot
lot
ord
in
exports
of
Roumanian
oiL
i
.
1
INCREASED
ARTILLERY
ACTION
hipping
by
submarines,
mine
lay-!and
n8rty
of
all
nations
under
er
the
rate
of
the
Smoot-Hawley
h
GermarJ
ing
and
aircraft
might
be
expected.
l0od
He
oredlcted
an
increase
ln
German.
"
u-boat
building
and
said:
"We
sec'17'r'lr
I
r'P
np
our
way
to
mastering"
the
magneUc
ilLiLitiiJ
1
J
New
Battleships
The
First
Lord
of
the
Admiralty,
Introducing
a
navy
appropriation
bill,
details
of
which
were
not
disclosed,
said
that
five
huge
new
battleships
of
the
King
George
V.
class
will
be
completed
soon.
Mr.
Churchill
told
the
House
that
SEE
HITLER
Visit
To
Italy
Ends
Tonight
With
Departure
For
German
Capital
Discussions
Kept
Secret
ROME,
Feb.
Fnh
57
27:
Secretary
Tarriff
Act
(a
ReDUblican
measure
bv
as
much
as
50
per
cent
ln
exchange
for
compensating
tariff
reductions
by
other
countries.
'
That,
say
the
ReDUblican.
Is
too
much
Dower
for
the
administration
to
wield
without
congressional
supervision.
A
50
ner
cent
change
in
tariff
can
lay
whole
lndutrles
open
to
drastic
foreign
competition,
they
ray.
Mr.
Hull
and
his
supporters
ans
wer
that
history
has
shown
that
ross
the
Moselle
River.
Observers
could
not
say
if
German
troops
were
moving
southward,
manoeuvring
or
reinforcing
troops
in
the
Saar
PRESSING
FOR
PEACE
BERLIN
Germany
is
pressii
Moscow
to
accept
mediation
the
war
with
.Finland.
Now
that
she
appears
to
be
saving
her
face
with
definiie
victories
sm
utmnc
n.iunw
uici
over
IPPI
C,,L,
TInrtpr
.""
when
tariffs
cet
into
Oon?res
there
(he
Finns
and
iein;
anxious
to
100
much
"los-rolllng'-tradlng
keep
out
of
waJwith
the
Allies.
C.
Smith
of
Uie
rtc
t
for
a
minute
suggest
that
H.moT
,.
.nn
in.
k,.
"""l
T
'"'"l"
-'ween
one
Industrial
minority
.
.
.
-
'
-
-
v.-...v.
j
.
.
unu
ucrman
amoassaaurs
prcpara-
maae
an
tnspee-
there
have
not
been
mistakes
out.
tlehip
Nelson
had
struck
a
mag
..i.uya
ca
...:
u
uw
muwwr
m
iwiwiu
utitmc
netlc
m
ne
last
December.
In
con-
rahi
,v.r-
.m
m..t
r'hxn.
cellor
Adolf
Hitler
and
Foreign
it
is
reported
that
the
Soviet
will
be
prepared
to
"lend
a
ready
ear"
to
peace
proposals.
New
Railway
Vice-President
Coming
W.
It.
Devenish
To
Be
Here
Tomorrow
Night
In
Course
Of
Inspection
Tour
Over
Western
Lines
W.
R.
Devenish,
the
new
vice-
,
The
American
Farm
Bureau
Feder-president
of
Canadian
Natloital
Germnnv
Germany
throuch
through
the
the
British
British'
Yestcrd
Yesterday,
following
his
meet-
ation
nas
toia
congress
uuu
exam-
m
tuaige
oi
wicm
hlnrkartr.
elthir
hv
-av
of
Russia'
lnes
with
Premier
Mussolini
and
lnatlon
"falls
to
disclose
any
meas-
lines,
succeeding
the
late
A.
E.
Norway,
the
United
States,
Italy.'
Foreign
Minister
Count
Ciano,
Mr.
urable
Injury
to
American
Agricul-
Warren,
who
died
last
fall,
will
Welles
worked
on
a
report
at
the
ture."
while
the
National
Grange
arrive
in
rnnce
Kupert
on
an
ex-Unltcd
States
embassy.
There
was
says
It
"does
not
make
sense
to
pay
tra
train
tomorrow
evening
ln
the
no
disclosure
as
to
the
details
of
x
x
x
American
fanners
to
reduce
course
of
his
first
tour
ier
this
the
conversations
which
were
not
acreage
and
then
enter
Into
agree-
line
In
his
new
capacity.
He
will
as.
long
as
might
have
been
antl-
menU
with
other
nations
making
proceed
to
Vancouver
on
the
clpated.
Mr.
Welles
presented
an
It
easier
for
them
to
glut
our
mar-
Prince
George
Thursday
night.
S.
autographed
message
from
Presl-
kets
with
oompetltlve
commodities."
Morrison,
district
engineer,
Van-dent
Roosevelt
to
Premier
Musso-
Mr.
Hull's
answer
to
critics
Is
couver,
will
be
accompanying
Mr.
llnl.
that
the
program
has
hurt
the
Devenish.
From
Berlin
came
word
today
farmer.
He
says
that
after
two
and
a
(
that
the
German
government
half
years
of
the
Smoot-Hawley
Act
I
yTlinicfc
I
of
would
carefully
consider
any
peace
farm
Income
had
fallen
from
$11.-
VrfUIIllIlUlllolo
VJCL
proposals
that
Mr.
Welles
might
'
200,000,000
In
1929
to
$4,700,000,00
In
ry
J
fif
W
1
have
to
make
but
an
authorlta-'
1932,
but
that
It
Increased
to
$7,600.-
KeHianCl
Ul
WCCK
tlvc
source
said
that
he
would
find
.
000,000
by
1938,
excuslve
of
govern
ucrmany
insistent
inui
a
victory
over
the
Allies
overshadow
everything
else
at
this
time.
WAR
LOGGERS
FROM
NFLD
CARLISLE,
Feb.
27:
(CP)
Par
tics
of
Newfoundland
lumberjacks
are
engaged
ln
felling
trees
i
iii
inn
nmuv.
i.i...j
.,,
liim
n
ricnr
uc'
.
.
.
..
.
....
t-
-.
f
ined
bv
fin
rii,
v.iuw.1,
n.iiiu
-
::v
pirst
Great
price
bf
Par
goia
on
tne
umuon
various
pans
oi
nortnern
tng-
-
.oui
ivprescnta-iwcnt
to
rniiue
m
-
market
was
unchangea
toaay
ai
iana.
me
timber
win
De
usea
lor
'U
t-ommlSSlon
mav
in-
War
War
hut
but
DOUCet
Doucet
WOllt
sniOM
fine
ounce.
-.
varlmi
war
nnrnAtn
w
.....
I
ment
benefit
payments.
"Does
this
indicate
Injury?"
he
asks.
rthur
Roy
Saunders
and
Binder
Brothers
Are
Formally
Charged
In
Ottawa
Today
Z
I
OTTAWA,
Feb.
27:
(CP)
Arthur
AMHERST,
N.
S.,
Feb.
27:
(CP)
.Roy
Saunders
and
Harry
and
Louis
A
huge
bullfrog
that
should
have
Binder,
charged
under
the
Defence
In
been
ln
hibernation
for
the
winter
of
Canada
regulations
with
prlnt-
cut
off
water
from
the
Amherst
Ing
and
distributing
of
communist
post
office
by
wedging
Itself
the
building's
main
water
Inlet.
High
-
4:40
a.m.
21.0
ft.
17:25
pjn.
18.0
It.
Low
.
11:14
a.m.
45
ft.
23:20
pjn.
5.8
ft.
ore
lerman
Planes
Are
Downed
:EAT
INCREASE
IN
WAR
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
TUESDAY,
FEBRUARY
27,
19467
PRICE:
S
-jiKOIVISTO
CENTS
-
-
Two
Henkel
Bombers
Dropped
To
Earth
In
Firth
Of
Forth
Raid
Most
Extensive
Reconnaissance
Flights
So
Far
in
War
Made
By
British
Over
Germany
Paris
Visited
And
Six
Wounded
X
"SSSSL
.
L0ND(N.
February
27:
(CP)-The
British
Air
Min-
Regardless
of
whether
or
not
,strv
,
announced
today
that
two
raiding
German
planes
congress
in
the
cominr
soring
ex-
had
been
shot
down
off
the
British
coast
as
the
Germans
itnds
the
administration''
nower
.apparently
resumed
widespread
coastal
raiding.
Both
to
make
such
agreement
with
new,
cy,fnc
TJonl-ol
KnmVovo
ivim
hi-nnrrlif
nff
tv,
x?;.i-u
U
SURPOTl
acn
PWrm
on
wnicn
OroerS
.
"
;
r
VITIPIK
rnv
r-v,
-n.
.ra.
tVinlrllnRnntn.lt
IntDWonri
101
Parliament
Uxlav.
stated
that
the
VAllAM
cut
mnetoihlfcHHwith
have
already
a
been
placed
or
ten-
rresiurni'
MMrZ
.
in.
nMMv
nearly
tinnnnrwv,
sKo.000.000
Pose
pose
of
of
Oerman
Oerman
u-boaU
u-boats
at
at
the
the
rate
rate
un
Roosevelts
"woc.cin
I
-.ikunvi
uuinuna
11
1.11.UI
uugllb
uun
11
Ull
V11C
1
II
of
Forth
leading
to
the
Edinburgh
and
Rosyth
naval
base.
i
iw
Air
Aiinisiry
aiso
announcea
that
the
Royal
Air
Force
had
made
the
longest
reconnaissance
flights
of
the
war
over
Germany.
A
communique
said:
"Our
aircraft
reconnoitred
Important
seaports
ln
WAR
PLANES
FOR
ROUMANIA
I
northern
Germany
and
the
Baltic"
BUCHAREST
Three
agree-
'
The
Baltic
Is
nearly
five
hundred
ments
whereby
France
would
I
mile
from
the
English
coast
Other
supply
Roumahia
with
large
!
Planes
penetrated
central
Germany
quantities
of
war
planes,
machine
!
a
far
as
Berlin
and
flew
over
west-guns
and
other,
armamtnU
are
J
ern
Germany
and
Heligoland.
One
reported.
Great
Britain
b
also
.plane
failed
to
return
from
the
reported
to
have
already
flown
J
Heligoland
flight
but
all
others
got
sixty
Spitfire
pursuit
ships
and
home
safely.
They
reported
that
Bristol
Blenheim
bombers
to
large
numbers
of
German
Messer-
Roumanla.
The
French
and
Brl-
Ichmldtswere
sighted
on
the
ground
tlsh
action
U
described
as
fol-
but,
none
made
a
move
to
come
up
lowing
Roumanian
assurances
iln
pursuit.
BRUSSELS
fire
is
reportrtl
the
houses
Jn
neutral
are
sighted
a
be
fav-
There
tfay-a
good
dearof
alrcfSft
ncreased
artillery
to
be
shaking
of
frontier
villages
xembourg
while
troop
movements
activity
over
night
and
from
Paris
It
was
reported
that
six
Parisians
were
wounded
by
an
anti-aircraft
shell
fired
last
night
at
German
planes
scouting
the
environs
of
the
city.
Massed
German
squadrons
followed
scouting
planes
early
this
morning,
prompting
the
first
air
raid
of
the
year
which
started
at
4:30
ajn.
and
lasted
for
fifty-seven
minutes,
no
bombs,
however,
being
dropped.
Last
night
when
the
planes
appeared
there
were
no
air
raid
alarms
although
anti-aircraft
guns
barked.
GIVEN
UP
Official
Announcement
By
Finland
More
Russian
Advances
REDS
ADVANCING
HELSINGFORS.
Feb.
27:
(CP)
The
Finnish
high
command
ac-nowledged
today
that,
in
addition
to
falling
back
on
the
Karelian
Isthmus,
Finnish
forces
are
also
withdrawing
(o
new
defensive
positions
after
an
all-day
Russian
assault
in
the
l'ctsamo
region.
In
the
south,
the
communique
reported,
the
Russians
are
driving
across
the
Bay
of
VI-ipuri,
attacking
islands
in
the
south-western
part
of
the
bay
after
occupying
Koivisto.
There
are
still
heavy
Soviet
casualties
reported.
HELSINGFORS,
Feb.
27:
(CP)
The
Finnish
High
Command
yes
terday
acknowledged
officially
that
Finland
had
surrendered
the
Koivisto
Islands,
which
are
armed
with
great
coastal
batteries
anchoring
the
western
end
of
the
Man-nerhelm
Line,
to
the
Russians.
The
Russians
today
claimed
fur
ther
advances
ln
the
campaign
on
the
Karelian
Isthmus,
Nineteen
Finnish
planes,
It
was
stated,
had
been
shot
down.
It
will
only
be
a
matter
of
time,
It
Is
believed,
before
capture
by
the
Russians
of
the
ruined
city
of
Vllpurt
Is
effected.
Meantime,
land
fighting
elsewhere
in
the
Russo-Flnnlsh
war
has
quietened
down.
Soviet
warplanes
have
attacked
Finnish
military
objectives
and
in
literature,
were
remanded
for
a
troop
concentration.
a
RussUu
week
on
appearing
In
court
today,
communique
states.