arc
continuing
to
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IS
DROPPED
rCrillilll
Will
Vl
Minlifwl
iVorthcrn
IrcLtml
Hp
V:ilrr:i's
I'rotcst
May
27:
Conscription
I'QH
not
be
-xtended
to
Northern
"ld.
It
was
officially
announced
a'
Re
Minuter
Eamonn
dc
Val-
"
vestcrday
denounced
ttlon.s
'nat
'
conscription
vvnuvt
be
m:
P
to
Noithcrn
Ireland
as
a
Hlt...
ru3
attack
mi
fimrfnmpnLiI
h8ht3.
N
Birthday
ly
Quietly
In
p
lountry
her
May
27
"
-
Q"ce
Lr
u
Mary
spent
hcr
SCVcnty-
lhe
rUhday
quietly
yesterday
feed
.
1
country
where
she
has
l
Of
rf.
",C
WUr
DCS1"1-
111
c"'s
years
sne
Kccps
tltlanw
"
activities
in
connection
Ito
.
Redout
,
W?!Jand
aim
ls
n
rr
SUlar
vlsi
ar,a;
She
only
fifteen
miles
away.
Gupjiort
of
Rashld
Alls
pro-Nazi
admlnls
I
ration
continues
to
crumble.
How
ever,
fhihVmg
wllPgo
'
oiiTrTlraT
jm
long
as
the
Oerman
interest
arc
in
control
-of
the
important
Mosul
oil
fields.
British
planes
alaRcd
a
heavy
bombing
raid
on
Mosul
yesterday
as
well
as
other
points.
The
Germans
bombod
Hab-banlyah
In
an
ctfdiangc
-of
air
blows
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WASHINGTON,
B.C.,
May
27:
(CP)
On
the
eve
of
a
momentous
pronouncement
of
governmental
policy
in
regard
to
the
European
war
situation
President
Franklin
0.
Itoosevclt
today
asked
Congress
for
$3,000,000,000
in
appropriations
for
additional
airplanes.
A.
statement
issued
today
by
Stephen
P.
Early,
presidential
secretary,
indicated
that
President
Itoosevclt
would
put
the
Fulled
States
government
on
final
and
decided
record
in
regard
to
t
tic
war.
"By
tomorrow
the
world
will
know
definitely
where
the
United
Stales
stands
and
what
its
national
policy
is,"
Early
said
in
answer
lo
questions.
The
speech
will
probably
he
the
most
important
the
chief
executive
has
ever
made.
Among
other
tilings,
more
full
and
more
effective
aid
for
Great
1
Britain
is
expected
to
be
demand-
'
ed.
i
The
President
had
been
at
first
'
scheduled
to
speak
for
half
an
hour
but
the
lime
has
been
cx-
tended
from
half
to
three-quart
-
I
ers
of
an
hour.
I
The
time
of
the
President's
1
speech
will
be
from
6:30
p.m.
until
I
7:15
p.m.
Pacific
Standard
Time.
ADVANCING
I
INEGYPT
;.
Number
Of
Small
Axis
Columns
Succeed
In
Crossing
Frontier
CAIRO,
May
27:
(CP)
A
number
of
small
Axis
columns
have
crossed
the
Egyptian
frontier
in
Uic
Salum
lcfiionand
advanced
several
miles
(o
the
cast:
compelling
British
forces
to
give
ground,
lt
was
announced
today.
YANKS
HAVE
COME
OVER
Total
Of
8100
Americans
Arc
Now
Enlisted
In
Canada's
Active
Service
Forces
OTTAWA.
Mav
27:
There
are
s200
Amerl(ns
enlisted
hi
-the
Canadian
active
service
iorres,
u
is
announced.
Of
these
6400
are
in
the
Army
and
130Q
are
In
air
training.
Trie
balance
are
in
tne
Navy
although
the
official
figure
in
that
branch
of
the
service
ls
not
given.
FEUDS
OF
IRAQ
Tribesmen
of
Iraq
still
cling
to
many
ancient
customs,
infcludlng
the
blood
feud.
i
VICTORIA,
B.C.j
OFFICIAL
STORY
IS
GIVEN
OUT
Prime
Minister
Winston
Churchill
Makes
Review
Before
British
Parliament
uouay
LONDON,
May
27:
(CP)
the
war
in
the
House
of
Commons
today,
Prime
Minister
Winston
Churchill
announced
that
the
,
Bismarck
had
been;
sunk
in
the
North
Atlantic
but
isald
that
the
battle
for
Crete
was
still
"hanging
in
the
balance."
1
The
Prime
Minister
said
that
in
the
battle
for
Crete,
the
British
Mediterranean
fleet
had
suffered
the
loss
of
two
cruisers
and
four
destroyers.
Warshipt
lost
in
the
Battle
of
Crete
were
cruisers
Gloucester
and
Fiji
and
destroyers
Juno,
Kelly.
Kashmir
and
Greyhound.
In
addition
two
battleships
and
several
other
cruisers
were
damaged.
Mr.
Churchill
added
that
rein
forcements
were
being
rushed
to
General
B.
C.
Freybcrg
the
British
commander
in
Crete.;
The
Prime
Minister
predicted
that
the
new
Nazi
cruiser
Prince
Eugene,
accompanying
the
Btsmark,
would
be
intercepted
Torpedo
ulancs
from
the
aircraft
carrier
Ark
Royal,
backed
by
ships
of
the
Atlantic
fleet,
sent
the
Bls-mark
to
the
bottom
at
11
a.m.
today
in
stem
revenge
'for
the
sinking
of
II.M.S.
Hood.
The
Bismarck
sank
with
some
1300
men,
the
German
Admiral
Guenlher
Luetjens
and
about
one-quarter
of
Germany's
known
capital
ship
strength-
The
British
cruiser
Dorsetshire
rammed
home
the
torpedoes
which
finished
off
the
Bismarck
after
she
had
been
shelled
into
helplessness
by
British
heavy
ships
and
destroy-
Thc
coup
de
grace
was
delivered
after
the
Bismarck
was
severely
damaged
by
torpedo
after
t
irpedo
had
been
hurled
Into
her
vitals
by
fleet
air
arm
planes,
said
the
First
Lord
of
the
Admiralty,
Rt.
Hon.
A.
V.
Alexander,
in
a
luncheon
.id-dress.
It
was
Just
three
days
after
the
sinking
of
the
Hood
that
Royal
JJaval
units
caught
up
with
the
Blsmark
as
she
tried
to
make
a
French
port.
She
had
been
deserted
by
an
escorting
cruiser
the
Prince
Eugene,
but
"measures
are
being
taken
with
respect''
to
the
latter,
an
official
statement
said.
LEAVES
ONE
DEPARTMENT
Hon.
J.
G.
Gardiner
(lulls
National
War
Services
To
Devote
His
Entire
Time
To
Agriculture
BRAMPTON,
Ontario,
May
27:
(CP)
Hon.
James
O.
Gardiner
an
nounced,
today
at
a'
war
auction
sale
his
retirement
as
minister
of
(national
war
services
to
devote
his
j
entire
time
to
the
federal
department
of
agriculture.
I
Mr.
Gardiner
for
some
time
has
i.
.
.
...
i
4
.
Dccn
nananng
uie
ut.-pari.meiu.
ui
war
services
in
addition
to
Weather
Forecast
General
Synopsis
A
rather
weak
disturbance
northwest
of
the
.
...
.
i
i
i
.
,
Queen
mianotte
isianas
is
moving
southeastwards.
It
has
been
mostly
cloudy
and
mild
on
the
coast
with
llcht
showers
In
the
north.
West
Coast
of
Vancouver
Island
Light
to'
moderate
northwest
winds'
hi
the
north
portion
and
light
southwest
winds
In
the
south
portion.
Cloudy,
and
mild
I
with
light
local
drizzle.
Tomorrow's
Tides
i
'i
;
;
v.
and
Queen
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nupcrt
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High
..
2:10
a.m.
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to
moderate
15:03
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1
i
ismarck
Is
Sunk
Today
By
British
L
of
Crete
ORE
NAZI
ROOPS
IN
FIGHT
NOW
lcr
Landings
By
Air
Figures
,
Losses
y
Germans
And
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27
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Rein-'
jfirrman
aerial
borne
troops
madi
a
ii
w
attack
west
of
on
the
bland
of
Crete,
cn-
;tht
penetration
of
the
Bribers'
and
forcing
them
toi
tart
further
The
weight
ofi
Lrborap
attack,
supported
by
IhnmMii?
has
been
growing
hj
(jay.
a
Middle
East
Com-
ir.n
.an
titicM
says,
and
it
J
ixc.i
cnpobiiblc
to
stop
the
:i
further
troops
in
this
'nouj-and
Ocrmans
j!ti
i
'
in-tr
uves
m
uic
Ij!,
aKi
ii:'in,
nve
wious-
!
oring
at
sea
in
at-
i,
asr.:..:s
by
boat.
u;.
.:mn
rs
that
two
Uri-
tnoui-cster
and
FIJI
:
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d
royn.-i
Juno,
Kelly,
.)
u;:o
Kashmir
-
have
r
;ir
Eastern
Mcdltcr-
:r.
al
vessels
Drmg
.
n
-nlousiy.
Gcr-i
i
hud
much
more
Ik
in
regard
to
un
it
:
rnnc
them
to
(j.)
n
this
area
IJid
:
"ja-
'
cousin
of
the
i
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1
;iun.inder
ivToi'ie
61
Ui
'
destroyers.
mail
j
had
wnc
so
far
U:
1
,i
i
lie
Axis
'has
un-
a
if
the
Eastern
In:
;r
i
hr
British
fleet
in
n
i
?
hern
all
but
i
-a
tiiUnu
bombing
1
1
ii
ii
'
;o
claimed.
i
Is
now
piedict-0'
ha
Uirmanv
will
'
0;i:
i
in
of
Crete.
?
i
"-man
iransiwri
planes
0!'
down
at
Maleml
Jii'
'ii
tn.v
planes
have
been
y
-n
i'.
.rwiierc
on
Crete,
tcrnav
,t
was
announced
by
!c
Eas'
central
headquarters
G-
ui
ri
!jps
had
penetrated
Ji
pfrlti-r
lines
in
an
attack
i
'
our
that
New
Zca-
n:it
'ountcr-attarked
:
'In
in",
"
is
continuing
ii
'x-m
,
Crete.
i.
I'lric
hand
to
hand
!1
around
Maleml
where
Uie
'.Vn
.iwti
War
6
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OF
CRETE
CAIIM
Iti-ilUl.
l
r:..
j-
i-.l
w.
niiici
ii4iii;7)
uuwiiuu
live
iri"ji-iaiit:ii
German
planes
at
Maleml
airdrome
near
Canea
yesterday
and
destroyed
several
other
Nazi
planes,
the
lloyal
Air
Force
announced.
At
the
same
time
the
Middle
East
command
said
that
German
troops
had
launched
a
new
attack
west
of
Canca
late
yesterday
which
enlarged
penetration
into
Itritish
defences
and
forced
the
defenders
to
fall
back
to
positions
already
prepared
in
the
rear.
Greek
sources
estimated
that
the
Germans
have
lost
rishtecn
thousands
lives
so
far
in
attempting
to
take
Crete.
The
Nazis
have
already
started
erecting
anti-aircraft
guns
on
the
western
end
of
Crete.
ATTACK
ON
RRITAIN
LIGHT
LONDON
German
bombers
attacked
an
East
Anslian
town
last
night,
killing
seven
persons
and
injuring
a
number
of
others.
Worklngmen's
homes
were
bombed.
One
German
fighter
was
brought
down.
ADVANCING
SPEECH
IS
ON
BAGDAD
IMPORTANT
righting
Will
Continue
In
Iraq,
However,
As
Long
As
Nazis
Control
Oil
Fields
ANKARA.
May
27:
British
fjtces
are
continuing
their
steady
advance
from
Basra
towards
Bagdad,
the
capilol
or
Iraq,
and
they
wcr?
reported
last
night
to
be
World
Awaits
.Momentous
Talk
by
I'residcul
Franklin
Koo.evcll
I
This
Evening
Royal
Navy
Gets
Revenge
For
Loss
of
Hood;
Germany's,
Navy
Pride
Sent
Down
Off
France
Bulletins
COUNT
STARTS
JUNE
11
The
census
count
In
Prince
Rupert
as
well
as
elsewhere
tlnough-out
Canada
will
get
under
way
on
June
11,
it
is
announced.
WHALING
UNDER
WAY
VICTORIA
The
whaling
season
has
already
started
off
the
Queen
Charlotte
Islands.
Six
expeditions
have
been
licensed.
There
is
a
greatly
increased
demand
for
whale
oil.
PIERS
DESTROYED
NEW
YORK
Two
great
piers
of
the
Pennsylvania
Railroad
on
the
Jersey
City
side
were
destroyed
by
fire
today.
They
contained
large
supplies
for
shipment
abroad.
The
fire
was
two
moles
from
the
Statue
ot
Liberty.
SEIZED
BY
JAPANESE
HANOI
Ten
million
dollars
wrth
of
trucks
and
.other
Jtwterr
iais
made
in
the
United
Slates
have
been
seized
by
the
Japanese.
BILLY
CONN
WINS
PITTSBURG
Billy
Conn
won
by
a
technical
knockout
over
Buddy
Knox
of
Dayton
lii
the
Eighth
round
of
a
one-sided
fight
last
night.
Conn
meets
Joe
Louis
in
June
for
the
world's
heavyweight
boxing
title.
FEWER
ON
RELIEF
.
VICTORIA
Eight
thousand
fewer
families
and
5100
less
single
men
were
on
relief
in
British
Columbia
this
April
than
there
were
a
year
ago.
THREE
CANDIDATES
EDMONTON
There
were
three
candidates
in
the
field
yesterday
when
nominations
closed
for
the
Edmonton
East
federal
by-election.
Mrs.
Cora
Casselman,
wi-'
dow
of
the
dead
member,
is
the
Liberal
candidate.
She
is
oppos-by
New
Democracy
and
People's
Party
candidates.
TOURING
INTERIOR
VICTORIA
Hon.
Dr.
K.'C.
McDonald,
minister
of
agriculture,
and
J.
B.
Munro,
deputy
minister,
left
Victoria
last
night
for
various
interior
points
lo
attend
Farmers
Institute
annual
meetings.
FIRES
UNDER
CONTROL
VICTORIA
Forest
fires
in
British
Columbia
today
are
small
and
under
control,
it
is
announced.
There
have
been
126
fires
so
far
this
year
as
compared
with
41
In
a
corresponding
period
last
year.
NOT
EXTENDING
CONSCRIPTION
LONDON
Conscription
for
military
service
will
not
be
extended
to
northern
Ireland,
it
was
learned
authoritatively
Pnmmurnmtinnc
VvllllUUlllvuiiuitu
Are
Broken
Off
No
Explanation
Given
for
Interruption
Between
Switzerland
And
Germany
ZURICH,
Switzerland,
May
27.
Communications
between
Zurich
and
Berlin
were
broken
off
yesterday.
The
reason
was
not
explained.
Aerial
Torpedoes
and
Warships
Responsible
for
Her
Destruction
Fate
of
Personnel
Not
Yet
Made
Known
LONDON,
May
27.
The
British
Navy
avenged
itself
today
for
the
sinking
of
H.M.S.
Hood
last
Saturday.
Within
three
days
at
11
a.m.
(1
a.m.
Pacific
Standard
Time)
the
great
new
German
battleship
Bismarck
succumbed.
"The
Bismark
was
sunk
by
our
naval
forces"
was
all
that
a
terse
announcement
by
the
Admiralty
had
to
say
at
first.
.
.
Details
were
not
then
given
al
Morgenthau
Is
With
U.S.
Navy
lahtie.
It
is
not
revealed
what
significance
the
trip
may
indicate.
APPEAL
OF
RAIL
CHIEF
proprlate
title,
an
invitation
which!
i
employees
of
the
Canadian
Nation-.
al
Railways
will
readily
accept.
It
i
has
been
stated
and
reiterated
that
I
freely
of
our
services
and
gener
ously
of
our
funds.
To
say
that
Canada
is
a
great
country,
country,
a
a
glorious
glorious
country,
country,
Is
a
not
not.
though
they
became
available
from
(other
sources.
An
official
announcement
from
I
Berlin
confirmed
the
loss
of
the
Bismark.
D.
M.
B.
News
Agency
said
the
sinking
had
occurred
four
,
.
t
.
.
,
TrMSlirv
s-rre-
hundred
miles
west
of
Brest
on
the
UX.S,
texas
on
pairoi
in
me
.-
---
.
.
,.,
,
,rrrA
nlanpa
laiui
acii
w
y.
vi-r
v
o
from
II.
M.
S.
Ark
Royal
and
ships
'of
the
Atlantilc
fleet
had
been
responsible
for
the
sinking
of
the
iBlanark.
Steps
were
being
taken
'to
deal
with
the
Prince
Eugene,
companion
shipof
th&,
BUmark.
The
great
new
BrlUsllbattlefJilp
Prince
of
Wales
had
also
taken
nart
in
the
battle.
It
was
learned.
Launched
by
Chancellor
Adolf
llungerford
Issues
Message
In
Sup-
himseIf
tw0
years
ag0
the
port
i,ort
Or
f
Victory
Vctory
Loan
Loan
i"1""
;Blsmark
792
.feet
long
and
had
.
.,
'eight
15-lnch,
twelve
5.9-inch
27:-S.
J.
I
un-.J
MONTREAL,
May
4mch
four
alrcraft
gerford,
chairman
and
president,
calapultfi
she
had
a
per-Canadlan
.National
Railways,
has
rf
1300
tQ
im
men
No
Issued
a
message
to
all
employees
lmmedlale
announcement
was
made
of
the
system
asking
them
to
sup-
1q
fate
but
lt
was
port
Uie
forthcoming
Victory
Loan.
d
he
pcrished.
Mr.
llungerford,
In
his
appeal,;
says:
"Canadians
are
invited
to
sub
scribe
to
the
Victory
Loan,
an
ap-,
OFF
GUARD
we
are
engaged
In
a
total
war.
If
that
means
anything
It
means
we'
of
SUUc
CordeU
HIU
ail
ytii
wuiijaiiio
nn
iuuo,
b-i
WOULD
PUT
Sees
Nazi
Trickery
In
Threats
WASHINGTON,
D.C.,
May
27:
(CPi
Secretary
of
State
Cordell
.
Germany
yesterday
to
overstate
the
truth.
Canada
pro-
b
to
the
vides
opportunity.
A
land
to
live
.
.
from
for
and
to
ngm
tor.
wot
everyone
self-defence,
can
give
his
physical
self
tout
all
han
give
from
their
resourties
to
arm
those
who
go
into
battle
against
the
evil
thing
that
has'
arisen
to
destroy
peace
and
threat-,
en
freedom.
I
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,
,
u
....
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1
1
,
firn
from
nr.
TODAY'S
STOCKS
(Courtesy
S.
D
Johnston
Co.)
Prince
Rupertr-Overcast,
north
vwj
erly
wind,
,,
......
.
four
miles
per.
nour,
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wiiit-.w.v,
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v.o
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k.
"u.im
m
uchiriv.vw,
-""-
.
best
available
investment
Cana-lsca
smooth.
da's
Victory
Bonds.
Hon.
J.
L.
Triple
Island
Broken
clouds.
:
Ilxlev.
minister
of
finance,
has
ar-
northwest
wind,
ten
miles
vJer
1-.,.
'ranged
for
denominations
Annmtniltnnfi
as
n
low
tW
Knur-
llfThlr
KWpll
find
CllOD.
as
$50
and
$100,
rising
to
$500
and
$1000.
Further,
to
aid
the
men
f
!
modest
means,
the
minister
of
'finance
has
provided
for
the
pur-I
chase
of
bonds
by
partial
pay
ments
through
the
banks
an
In-
i
1
1
1nt-i
JAI.rriA
fst
Covin
ft
I
.
.
i
r
..l.4n.
l
spena
10
save,
opena
iur
vituuijr.
Halibut
Sales
Summary
American
119,200
pounds.
10.5c
and
8c
to
10.9c
and
8c.
Canadian
27.000
Dounds,
10.7c
and
7.5c
to
life
and
7.5c.
American
Western.
40.000.
Storage,
105c
and
8c.
Be.
Rainier,
35,000,
Atltn,
10.6c
and
Hene,
36,000,
Booth,
10.9c
and
8c.
Rainier
II.
8.200.
Storage,
10.9C
and
8c.
Canadian
Oslo.
13.000.
Storage,
11c
and
7.5c
Viklne
I..
14.000.
Pacific,
10.7c
and
75c.
fluu.
,
.
'O
.
..--
.
Langara
Island-Broken
ciouas,
showery,
northwest
wind,
sixteen
miles
per
hour;
barometer,
:y.eo,
temperature,
46;
moderate
chop.
TiniLn
Tree
Point
Broken
clouds.
light
showers,
southwest
wind,
ten
miles
per
hour;
barometer.
29.87;
temperature,
52;
sea
smooth.
Bull
Harbor
ciouay.
noruiwesi,
wind,,
five
miles
per
Hour;
baro
meter.
29.88;
temperature,
50;
moderate
swell.
Aiprt
Bav
Overcast,
westerly
wind,
fifteen
miles
per
hour;
baro-Imeter,
29.84;
temperature,
50;
sea
choppy.
Esfccvan
Cloudy,
southeast
wina,
six
miles
p?r
hour;
barometer,
29.84;
temperature,
64;
light
swell.
Victoria
Clear,
souttwest;
wina.
eighteen
miles
per
hour;
barometer,
29.83;
temperature,
54;
light
ripple.
Vancouver
Cloudy,-
easterly
wind,
ten
miles
per
hour;
barometer,
29.86;
temperature,
50,
Prince
George
Cloudy,
.
souui-west
wind,
two
miles
per
hour;
barometer,
29.66.
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