DUJCn
EAST.
INDIES
PREPARING
japan
is
reported
to
have
been
taken
by
.urpnse
by
several
teglc
moves
which
it
believes
to
have
bt
n
motivated
by
joint
iultattons
between
England,
the
Unucd
States
and
Dutch
Indies,
regarding
the
defence
of
the
vital
Malay
peninsula
the
rich
Dutch
islands
nearby.
Australian
troops
have
land-it
Singapore
In
surprising
numbers
with
machinery,
tanks
planes.
To
the
Dutch
East
Indies
goes
the
Job
of
patrolling
wn
waters
against
possible
Japanese
Invasion.
The
crew"
of
Dutch
submarine
is
limbering
up
anti-aircraft
deck
gun
In
cipatlon
of
the
Jap
threat.
OOOWKO0OOOOOQOaaKaOOOUOOUOOOOOOacOCKKHOOOOOOO
War
News
R.A.F.
HITS
AT
KIEL
LONDON
Koyal
Air
Force
bombers
started
an
extensive
in
the
industrial
centre
of
Kiel
last
night
in
an
attack
on
bit
German
naval
base,
the
Air
Ministry
announced
today,
qt
sticks
of
bombs
were
seen
to
burst
on
a
shipbuilding
yard
i
other
docks
and
there
was
one
violent
explosion.
Weather
&
to
clear
the
pilots
could
read
maps
by
moonlight.
ITALIANS
LOSSES
ENORMOUS
CAIRO
British
Middle
East
headquarters
announced
to
1;
thit
Italian
losses
In
Italian
Somaliland
since
Imperial
iti
crossed
the
Juba
Klvrr
are
now
estimated
at
more
than
fa-tat
thousand.
Today's
bulletin
said
the
Imperial
forces
aimupied
Daglia
Bur.
400
miles
north
of
Mogadiscio,
on
jrtS
irand
in
ojlicr
-scetonsare
pursuing"
the
'rettcatin?
iliint
GREEKS,
REPULSE
FASCISTS
ATHENS
Italians,
using
the
biggest
forces
thus
far
em-;ed
In
the
Albanian
Mar.
attacked
at
six
different
points'
ttrday
after
careful
artillery
preparation
but
all
thrusts
e
repulsed,
Greek
military
dispatches'said
today.
MORE
BOMBS
FOR
BUCKINGHAM'
'
LONDON
Three
hiRh
explosive
bombs
fell
recently
in
the
imds
of
Buckingham
Palace,
killing
a
policeman
and
knockdown
part
of
a
wall,
It
was
disclosed
today.
It
was
indicat-that
the
bombs
might
have
fallen
last
Saturday
night.
ITALIAN
TRANSPORT
SUNK
LONDON
A
British
submarine
has
sunk
a
heavily
laden
39-ton
Italian
transport
in
the
Adriatic.
Harbor
buildings
1
shipping;
at
Tripoli
have
been
heavily
bombed
by
the
Koyal
V
Force.
FRANCO
TURNS
REICH
DOWN
MADRID
General
Francisco
Franco
has
rejected
a
demand
for
permission
to
fly
Nazi
fighting
planes
across
in
lo
Gibraltar
and
North
Africa.
The
Spanish
it
Berlin
who
approved
the
idea
is
being
replaced.
(IS
IS
ANNOYED
Outcries
In
Berlin,
Koine,
lokio
Against
Passage
Of
"Lease-Lend"
Bill
v
YORK,
March
12:
There
10
angry
outcry
yesterday
in
Rcme
and
Toklo
following
enactment
of
the
United
3
Aid
to
Britain
bill.
This
was
w-ast
to
rather
scornful
which
had
been
made
!u
Ilnal
enactment
that
would
be
too
late
anyway.
it
was
stated
that,
In
we
passage
of
the
bill,
,n
ns
to
be
held
shortly
In
tl
tit
Tt.
.
FIFTY
MORE
DESTROYERS
Tills
Is
Urgent
Need
Of
Great
Britain,
According
to
London
Spokesman
was
Kfcated
here
yesterday,
but
fifty
destroyers
were
urgently
needed
at
once.
Weather
Forecast
The
pressure
Is
high
coast
and
It
has
been
over
the
fair
and
Mtttaler
Matsuoka
would
warm
over
Uie
southern
coast
and
.
Hussion
of
miUtary
mat
Jmb,
up"
,lrst
lssue
or
an
2
weekly
paper
to
be
,
""u
Dy
and
for
i.h
rniicto
part
cloudy
oil
tne
north
coat
wlttf
showers
over
tho
Queen
Char-
warm
exctv
northwest
portion
where
it
Will
De
part
cloudy.
nade
?.
P
rt
garrlson
nrca'
Prince
Rupert
and
Queen
Char
4tln,
tM".
PPcarance
and
ls'lottc
Islands-Light
to
a
C
?AWe,Wmmct-
Signal-
'winds,
cloudy
and
mild
bctomlng
lor,
5e
i,
Ctt.U
th
managing
fair
towards
night
with
occasional
"'Will
IS"-
tnvrii
yutcn
Charlotte
Islands
mm
Vol.
XXX.,
Na"607
ithem.
The
aUacfc,
were
ths
heavi
est
In
months
on
that$ection
and
caused
cons-derabie
damage
and
casualties.
1
The
night
raiders
carried
out
1
f
urthtr
attacks
on
London
and
ths
oppcsjvg
air
forces
were
gripped
in
dogffehts
as
anti-aireiaft
fire
lit
up
the
skies
and
created
din
throughout
th;
metropolis.
I
BUCKINGHAM
AfJAIN
It
has
been
revealed
that
five
bombs
were
dropped
Saturday
nhh
en
Buckingham
Palace
;
,
grounds
but
Their
Majesties
vi-erc
not
in
residence.
A
policeman
,
j
was
killed.
Llyerral.
tti
Thames
Estuary,'
Scotland
and
o'hsr
pars
of
the
country
had
high
explosive
bombs
.
dropped
upon
them
during
the
(night.
i
Th?re
were
soora
die
raids
during
;
the
day,
particularly
along
the
:
Kenit
coast.
German
bombers
attacked
the
Britirh
naval
bae
of
Portsmouth
and
the
surrounding
area
for
isix
hours
cost
the
the
I
Press
Association
said
that
three
I
ether
raiders
were
believed
to
have
.been
destroyed.
Sir
Delves
Broughton
Charged
With
Killing
of
Duke
of
Errol
NAIROBI,
Kenya,
Maich
12:
CP
'
Sir
Delves
Broughton
was
charged
formally
yesterday
with
the
!
murder
January
24
of
the
Duke
of
,
;
Errol,
hcritttary
High
Constable
of")
Scotland.
When
Lord
Errcl
was
OTTAWA,
March
12:
Dominion
government
will
AIR
FORCE
SETS
FIRES
Kiel
Hit
by
British
Activity
Bombing
Western
Germany
in
rrvtfnmi
MatpK
12:
(CP)
A
lotte
islands.
T.
,
.
ralH
wns
mnde
last
nlaht
West
Coast
of
Vanww
3
on
Ught
to
moderate
i
w.-
1
"
....
.
ovennh
In
naval
base.
wmua,
iitir
sum
-
.
...
.1
.
.,.,
started
Monday
night
in
the
German
Rhineland
city
of
Cologne
in
an
overnight
British
air
raid,
the
Air
Ministry
announced
yesterday.
The
Royal
Air
Force
also
attacked
tho
invasion
coast
and
enemy
airdromes
In
occupied
France,
tj
-Trrt
Wmln
LONDON.
M.v-h
.Premier
Winston
12-
CP
Churchill
.
"formally
;
thanked
the
United
found
dead
it
was
at
first
believed
No
Time
Being
Lost
to
Put
"Lease
that
he
had
been
killed
in
an
au-
J
Lend"
Measure
Into
Immediate
.
'
tomobile
accident.
j
caused
a
sensation,
lowed
a
gay
party.
The
affair
has
The.
killing
fol-
Will
Continue
Pegged
Price
"The
con-
BRITISH
AID
SPEEDED
UP
Action
WASHINGTON,
D.C..
March
12:
(CP)
President
Franklin
D.
Roosevelt
signed
the
British
Aid
bill
yes-
action.
Immediately
after
signing
the
bill
the
President
Issued
an
order
releasing
large
amounts
ofarmv
and
navy
war
material?
for
Great
mue
initial
payment
of
70
cents
'
Britain
and
Greece.
a
bushel
on
wheat
in
1941-42,"
Trad?
Minister
MacKinnon
announced
in
the
House
of
Commons
today.
Agriculture
Minister
Gardiner
announced,
In
order
to
Induce
farmers
to
reduce
wheat
acreage,
ithat
uie
government
win
LONDON,
March
12:-Oreat
Brl-
pay
them
for
wheat
lands
turned
tain
would
like
th
whoie
of
the!
Into
summer
fallow,
sown
to
coarse
United
States
fleet
to
combat
the
grains
and
rye
or
seeded
to
grass
new
German
u-boat
menace,
it
or
clover.
The
United
States
Congress
com
i
States
today
for
th?
"Leas?-
;
Lend"
bill
which
he
termed
"a
;
new
Magna
Charta,
an
inspir-
In
a:t
of
fa
V
pleted
its
action
on
the
htstoric
bill
Just
after
President
Roosevelt
had
set
the
seven
billion
dollars
as
its
starting
appropriation.
The
President
will
seek
authorization
of
the
$7,000,000,000
appropriation
tomor-'
tlve
act
on
the
precedent-shattering
measure.
These
amendments
were
adopted
by
a
vote
of
317
to
71
amid
protestations
of
national
unity
among
both
Democratic
and
Republican
members.
The
bill
was
sped
to
the
White
House
almost
two
months
to
the
day
after
Its
introduction
January
10.
Its
signature
by
the
President
followed
without
delay.
The
President's
seven
billion
dollar
appropriation
for
aid
to
Bri
tain
is
broken
into
various
cate
gories
0f
which
the
largest
is
two
hllMon
dollars
fnr
aircraft
and
aeronautical
materials
including
I
engines,
spare
parts
and
acces-
sortes.
Inspiring
Tolicy
The'
President
said
that
the
fixed
policy
of
this
government
is
to
make
for
the
democracies
every
gin,
plane
and
munition
of
war
v.i;
pussibly
can,"
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITIS
H
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
Styie
gives
way
to
comtort,
women
of
the
mechanized
transport
corps
find
the
battledress
style
of
umioim
mucn
.itore'
comfortable
for
Ihelr
work
than
their
previous
uniform.
In
thin
case
a
member
of
the.
corps
is
actually
cranking
a
car,
an
operation
that
many
of
u$T
thought
went
by
the
bye
with
the
birth
of
the
self-starter.
.
in
Monday
nifrfcraWsJwmiiirS
w'g'1lltTlt
Villi
Nazis
twoa"rfS5.
The
VnUrCnill
MURDER
IN
NOBILITY
L
Is
Thankful
HIS
HOTEL
IS
BLASTED
Serious
Incident
Follows
Soon
Upon
Arrical
of
British
Envoy
in
Istanbul
Six
Are
Killed
Some
Members
of
Embassy
Staff
,
Suffered
Injury
from
Blast
ISTANBUL,
Turkey,
March.
12
(CP)
A
heavy
explosion
rocked
the
Pera
Palace
Hotel
last
night
a
few
,
minutes
after
George
W.
Rendel,
former
British
minister
to
Bulgaria,
took
up
headquarters
there
with
the
!
itrgauuu
omit
iuuuwui
ucjubuie
from
Sofia.
Mr.
Rendel
was
not
injured.
His
daughter,
Ann,
was
knocked
down
but
was
not
hurt.
She
Is
suffering?
from
shock.
Six
British
attaches
to
translate
it
Into
fire
preparations
ills-general
at
Sofia
and
l!jt.nblI,
Istanbul,
a
seven
billion
dollar
program
or
:'he
first
secretary
to
the
Sofia
legation
and
two
girl
secretaries.
Six
Turks
were
killed
including
a
policeman,
hotel
porter
and
others.
In
all
twenty
persons
were
killed
or
wounded.
The
bomb
exploded
in
the
lobby
of
the
hotel
which
Mr.
Rendel
had
just
left
for
his
room
upstairs.
A
crater
fifteen
feet
deep
was
dug
and
the
hotel
was
badly
damaged,!
It
is
believed
the
bomb
may
have
been
planted
in
some
embassy
bag-
row.
wurc
i
cv-
.
wh
had
Rteriously
of
even
dozen
Senate
'
ceptance
an
the
train
which
carried
amendments
was
the
final
leglsia-
opened
on
sixty-seven
of
the
embassy
personnel
including
women
and
children.
An
attempt
had
been
made
to
blow
up
the
special
train
on
the
way
from
Sofia
to
Istanbul.
The
hotel
staff
in
its
entirety
was
put
under
temporary
arrest
but
most
oi
them
were
later
released.
Four
arrests
were
reported
today
to
have
been
made.
Milestone
Of
Freedom
OTTAWA,
March
12:
Passage
of
the
"Lease-Lend"
bill
by
United
States
Congress
"will
stand
as.
one
of
the
milestones
of
freedom
and
points
the
way
to
ultimate,
and
certain
victory,"
Premier
Macken
zie
King
told
the
House1
of
Com
mons
today.
,
y
1
CAN
GO
AHEAD
VICTORIA
There
is
nothing
to
prevent
the
federal
government
and
the
provinces
going
full
speed
ahead
in
co-operation
in
the
war
effort,
declares
"The
prorintes
-'""ltd
bp
consulted
individually
before
a
new
conference
is
called
at
Ottawa.
CANADIAN
CASUALTIES
OTTAWA
The
thirty-ninth
Canadian
casualty
list
has
been
Issued
shfing
six
kiUfd.
The
total
Canadian
dead
and
missing
so
far
in
the
war
is
188.
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Tomorrow's
Tides
High
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21.7
ft.
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22.4
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Low
-
7:21
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a
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CENTS.
Swinging
Toward
Axis
RAIDS
ARE
i
CONTINUED
BYNAZIS
Northwest
Towns,
Birmingham
And
Limpol
Vtz,
Weight
Of
Luftwaffe
Bombing
Attacks
i
LONDON,
March
12:
The
German
Luftwaffe
conoentiated
its
attack
last
nlgnt
on,
thiee
northwest
towns
In
the
industrial
midlands.
Birmingham
being
one
of
BATTLE
DRESS
FOR
WOMEN
Looks
Like
YugoSlavia
Wili
Yield
To
Intense
Pressure
From
Germans
Somi
Sort
of
Compromise
Formula,
However,
Suggested
Including
"Period
of
Transition"
to
Soothe
ProBritishers
BELGRADE,
March
12:
(CP)
Yugoslavia
was
reported
in
usually
reliable
circles
tonight
to
have
agreed
in
principle
to
sign
the
three-power
military
pact
of
Berlin,
Rome
and
Tokyo.
These
quarters
said
that
Premier
Cvetkovic
and
Foreign
Minister
Cincar-Markovic
w'puld
go
lo
Berlin
shortly
to
discuss
a
formula
they
devised
at
Bulletins
HERRING
OUTPUT
HIGH
VICTORIA
The
British
Coi-uu'jia
canned
herring
pack
Is
fifly
percent
ahead
of
last
year,
having
made
a
new
all
time
high.
Great
Britain
is
taking
mcst
of
the
output
session
of
the
crown
council
to-
day.
It
Is
said
they
would
ask
for
a
."transition
period"
to
prepare
pro-BriUsh
public
opinion
n
Yugoslavia
for
signing
lest
there
be
Internal
trouble.
With
Greece
still
resolved
to
fight
to
the
death,
despite
German
claims
that
she
will
yield
to
a
German
dictated
peace
with
Italy,
the
position
of
Russia
and
Turkey
is
still"
uncer-
1
tain.
Both
are
massing
troops.
Meanwhile
the
Nazis
are
now
said
to
have
500,000
mechanized
troops
poised
on
the
Bulgarian
frontiers
of
Greece
and
Turkey.
,
The
British
are
reported
to
have
landed
thousands
of
Australian,
New
Zealand
and
Imperial
troops
at
Athens
and
Salonika
to
be
in
readiness
to
support
the
Greks
In
1"
fighting-
-off
-the-
Germany.
shouldnsar
the
expected
invasion
from
he
"
north
occur.
Local
Yard
Ready
For
New
Orders
f
VANCOUVER:
March
12:
(CP)
D,
B.
CarswlL
comp-
troller
of
ship
construction
and
repairs
in
the
munitions
and
surply
department,
who
is
surveying
coast
shipbuilding
possibilities,
said
that
three
British
Columbia
yards,
Including
the
Canadian
National
dry
dock
at
Prince
Rupert,
are
In
a
position
to
take
orders.
GREEKS
ARE
ADVANCING
Italian
Positions
In
Albania
Hit
Hard
Yesterday
And
Losses
Are
Heavy
ATHENS,
March
12:
The
Greek
forces
again
pounded
Italian
posi
tions
in
Albania
yesterday
with
heavy
artillery
and
made
further
(Important
gains
.in
the
Tepelinl
sector.
Hundreds
of
Italians
were
"
left
dead
In
the
field.
A
heavy
attack
is
reported
to
.have
been
made
by
the
Royal
Air
iForce
north
of
Tepelinl
on
troops
arid
transports
of
the
enemy.
Five
Italian
planes
were
Drougni
crown
with
no
British
plane
losses.
To
Tell
World
Of
Plans
Under
Lease-Lend
Bill
WASHINGTON,
D.C.,
March,
12:
Inside
of
the
next!
week
Presi
dent
Franklin
D.
Roosevelt
will
make
one
of
his
fireside
radio
talks
iri
ithe
course
of
which
he
will
outline
details
of
what
he
In
tends
to
do.
under,
the
"Lease
lind"
Aid
to
Britain
bill
whlch.tie.
signed
yesterday
followtoslNIlnal
enactment
by
Oantresa
yesterday.