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tuna
uim
uuiim
it
ti.inuuiii.Lii
iLniriunv
lm.ii.
I
f-
c
posed
m
Canada
to
consen'e
gasoline
and
Mr
Howe
said
that
many
Canadians
did
not,
rrAize
that,
after
the
tires
at
present
on
their
II
,
t:
ui.
nine
wuuiu
some
war
The
gov-vmi
commandeer
ijrs
if
they
were
;
.g
would
be
per-.
ommercitl
vein-
lost
unless
(i
urea
eouVd
be
.inestly
advised
,
v
on
the
gaa-
nly
pfoducing
.
coulA
supply;
:f
the
Domin-
(
Oil
transpor-
v
re
becoming
'
owing
to
the
PLIES
IN
CHINA
in
Store
for
Thirty
-ih
Declare
Krd
tri
,
Official.
Y
'
Mrch
r
r
Ju
r.
fled
Crow
m
the
Orient.
.
months'
up-
incidfs
WW
r
iOo
torn
of
am-.00
to"V
of
fen-
VAL
OF
JAPS
rcn
Prinrr
It
unfit
KfJChrn;
I'rom
Coast.
-
M.trch
2:
The
t
of
tu
kind
ever
British'
Columbia,
r
the
Japanese
re
last
night
by
;
the
Prince
Ru-
ve
been
placed
In
-!
at
Hastings
to
being
sent
to
!
r
the
period
of
"
Japanese
lmve
i.iicd
nom
the
.nty
to
working
A.berta
boundary.
away
by
the
end
nr
nnAnnnn
u
Li
1
1
ASHORE
iivn
r.
i
iic
lur
injure
ii
mi
I'ullowlnc
Slraiulins.
Navigation
Co.'s
which
ran
ashore
iht
near
Mastclt
i
m
her
work
of
llm-:rt
the
Queen
Chnr-amved
In
port
lfcsl
section
of
damage,
able
to
free
herself'
noit
under
licr
own
assistance
of
the
tugs
Pachena
and
i
ti
were
sent
out
to
itJ
also
returned
last
1
'
C
ape
Scott
has
n
dam
i-.Klloi
Damaittv
nther.
d
light.
IIKw
wi;kk
NO
I
HTM
...
murcn
.ii;
w
home
'rom
Pearl
liar
"i
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eot
SA
mnrl
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1
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n
r
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nl...
...
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I
I
-
'
.
H'anes
in
tne
Dig
RAID
ON
BRITAIN
Southeast
Coast
Town
Suffers
Heaviest
Attack
.Made
in
Nine
Months.
LONDON'.
March
2t:
Oer-many
appeared
to
be
stepping
up
It
aerial
offensive
aealnst
Itrilaln
last
nltht.
Itomblne
planes
came
In
waves
over
a
southeast
roast
town
for
about
an
hour
last
nlfht,
dive-bombing
and
machine
-
gunning.
The
shopping
district
was
conceit
traled
upon
In
the
vicious
attack
and
there
was
heavy
dam-a;e
and
consideiable
casualties.
There
was
a
direct
hit
on
a
shelter
where
many
people
vere
trapped.
Heavy
anti-aircraft
fire
and
fighter
planes
flanlly
drove
the
enemy
off.
The
attack,
the
most
vicious
Luftwaffe
ha
essayed
in
nine
months,
was
observed
from
lolkrstone.
German
dive
bombers
also
hit
destructively
at
two
other
areas
of
the
southeast
Lnglish
coast
by
dusk
and
moonlight
in
the
heaviest
attacks
since
the
major
raids
of
1911.
The
number
of
killed
1
not
yet
estimated
but
It
Is
believed
to
be
considerable.
The
anti-aircraft
batteries
and
night
fighters
did
particularly
good
work
In
challenging
the
enemy
with
heavy
fire
and
finally
driving
them
back
across
the
English
Channel.
Weather
was
said
to
have
kept
Koval
Air
Force
bombers
Inac
tive
again
for
the
tenth
cessivc
night.
Utile
Long
Lac
McLcod
Cockshutt
.
Madsen
Red
Lake
McKcnzic
Red
Lake
Moncta
Pickle
Crow
Preston
East
Dome
San
Antonio
Shcrrltt
Gordon
Alien
Curfew
"ai
l"ey
threw
stones
at
western
defenco
I
United
States,
sue-
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Premier
-
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Oils
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Canadian
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Smelters
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1.80
1.75
1.50
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.75
law
Imnosed
.
.
4
Must
lie
In
Between
8
l'-ni.
a,ul
C
a.m.
In
Western
Defence
Areas
of
United
States.
SAN
FRANCISCO.
March
24:
An
8
p.m.
to
Q
a.m.
curfew
law
has
been
Imnosed
for
all
Japanese,
German
and
Italian
aliens
In
the
nreas
Of
tne
MANPOWER
Important
Announcement
I
rom
Prime
Minister
This
Afternoon.
Two
Features
Compulsory
Selective
Service
Raising
of
Ace
for
Mill,
tary
Service.
and
OTTAWA.
March
24:
-
I'rUB
Minister
NUIlllam
Lyon
M-tkenxi
King
made
a
statement
this
after
noon
in
parliament
on
Canada
,
manpower
mobilization
program.
It
will
be
on
a
compulsory
basis
for
the
ttrne
being
at
least.
Some
non-essential
industries
will
be
closed
down
which
will
eutomat-lcally
make
some
more
m
n
available
for
war
work.
i
In
addition
to
compul
.ory
-regulations
to
ensure
that
Cansdt&.i
men
and
women
make
their
ftui
contribution
to
the
civilian
wur
effort,
extension
of
the
age
Unit
for
call-up.
for
compulsory
servk
'
jln
Canada
to
thirty
year
was
d
i
feature
of
the
national
select!
v
'service
program
announced
by
the
prime
minuter
to
the
House
ol
Commons.
Mr.
King
announced
the
appointment
of
Elliott
N.
Little,
director
of
a
wartime
bureau
of
technical
personnel,
to
a
newly
created
post
ui
director
of
naUon-
a!
selective
service.
,
SPEEDING
AUSTRALIA
HAS
SUGAR
Would
Be
Aide
lo
Ship
to
This
Country
If
VcsorU
Available
,
.
to
Take
It.
Mpr
nntmNE.
March
24:
Aus
tralia
ua
a
surplus
of
sugar
and
is
ready
to
make
shlpmenti
to
the
United
States
and
Canada
II
shipping
Is
available
to
make
It
pos
sible.
NO
BOOZE
i
UP
SHIPS
:s
i
lletlcr
Production
In
British
Co-I
lumbia
Yards
Coining
Immediately,
Says
Minister.
OTTAWA.
March
24
Returning
to
Ottawa
yesterday
from
a
trip
to
the
Pacific
Coas',.
Hon.
Humphrey
Mitchell,
minister
of
labor,
said
that
production
of
British
Columbia
shipyards
on
war
I
construction
would
be
lmmedlatc-(ly
stepped
up.
Some
yard?
were
jnot
working
to
their
full
capacity.
Mr.
Mitchell
admitted,
out
they
.soon
would
be.
It
was
chiefly
on
account
of
the
shipyard
situation
that
he
had
made
the
trip
to
British
Columbia.
Mr.
Mitchell
said.
FOR
JAPS
Cannot
liny
Any
.More
in
Uqiior
Stoics
Or
lc
erveu
in
Deer
Parlors.
rtrrnniA.
March
24:
The
Liquor
Control
uwi
prohibiting
the
sale
dcrs
yesterday
of
liquor
to
Japanese
m
Columbia.
No
more
pwm.w
be
lucd
to
Japanese
people
and
those
already
issura
wm
ut-
v.a..-ccllcd.
Neither
will
It
be
pcrmts-
sablc
for
Japanese
to
oe
wmu
.
parlors.
Japanese
i..k.
nr
beer
physicians
may
purchase
liquor
to
be
used
lor
m'"'
BULLETINS
.MANY
AXIS
SHIPS
SfXK
LONDON
No
less
than
eleven
Axis
ships
are
now
claimed
to
have
been
sunk
by
Biitish
submarines
in
the
Mediterranean
oft
Messina.
One
was
the
13,000
ton
supply
ship
Vittorio.
An
all-out
aerial
blitz
by
Axis
planes
of
Malta
appears
to
be
continuing.
NOVr.OllOLD
StlKKOrNDLD
MOSCOW
Except
for
the
claim
that
Novgorod
has
been
surrounded,
a
Soviet
communique
says
there
is
no
major
change
on
the
Itusso
-
German
front.
Heavy
air
blows
have
been
exchanged
between
the
Soviet
and
the
Reich.
.Moscow
claims
lo
have
dcstnycd
300
Nazi
planes
since
March
1G,
losing
88
themselves.
NO
CIVIC
STKIKB
VANCOUVER
There
will
be
no
strike
of
civic
employees
in
Vancouver.
Compromise
agreement
has
been
reached
on
a
bonus
of
$10
up
to
July
1
and
$12
thereafter.
An
arbitration
board
last
October
lud
recommended
$1C25
bonus
but
the
city
refused
to
pay
It.
EX-ALDEKMAN
DIES.
VANCOUVER
Ex-AJd.
Joseph
II.
Shinnick
died
yesterday
in
St.
Paul's
Hospital
inn
his
seventy-fifth
birthday.
He
was
active
in
the
Ratepayers
Association
and
as
a
Knight
of
Columbus.
Union
steamer
Catala,
Capt.
Ernest
Sheppard,
arrived
in
port
at
12
noon
today
from
Port
Simpson
and
Stewart
and
sailed
at
1:30
p.m.
for
Vancouver
and'
waypolnts.
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1
UH
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i
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and
slot
j)
ii.
tiie
same
hut
Before
the
War
Bombard
pr
Dob:-;
was
a
"tram"
conductor,
Leslie,
a
builder,
and
Fm.rnslc
a
furrier.
They
all
serve
with
theame
gun
team
in
London
:r-:lGUARDiNG
Britons
LONDON.
March
24:
O-Sir
i
Warned
f
John
Anderson,
lord
president
of
the
council,
warned
today
j
that
Germany
may
attempt
overrun
tne
uniisn
uies
f
-
In
the
spring
and
-told
Britons
they
must
do
everything
pos-
sible
to
'
drive
out
and
destroy
the
enemy."
OF
COAST
11:
Keady
Tor
Evacuation
Token
Force
To
Australia
House
of
Commons
last
night
by
Howard
Green.
Conservative
member
for
Vancouver
South,
in
a
speech
calling
upon
the
government
for
Immediate
leadership
In
a
bold
war
effort
to
meet
imminent
danger.
He
called
for
swiftly-increased
mobilization
of
armed
Pacific
United
States
Subs
Are
Battering
Away
At
Japanese
Vessels
Germany
Urging
Tokyo
to
Press
Offensive
Japan
Spokesman
Warns
Against
Defensive
Australia
Is
Feeling
Stronger.
United
States
submarines
were
officially
credited
today
with
inflicting
heavy
new
blows
on
ships
in
Japan's
own
waters
while
the
German
radio
quoted
.a
Tokyo
spokesman
as
urging
Japan
to
press
the
offensive
by
,
securing
the
Indian
Ocean
and
Australia
"as
strongholds
for
big
future
military
operations."
The
Nazi
broadcast
va;wJii
uuaiuc,
jdiaiic&e
'naval
spokesman,
as
declaring
"It
j
seems
that,
since
the
capitulation
of
the
Netherlands
East
Indies,
the
situation
has
reached
a
turning
point
and
Japan
is
on
the
sive
and
the
Anglo-American
pow-icrs
on
the
offensive.
Defensive
lines
do
not,
however,
lead
to
vic
tory.
Japan
must
continue
its
offensive."
In
Australia
General
Douglas
MocArthur
conferred
with
Aus
tralian
general
staff
and
mobilized
the
vast
island
continent's
defences
against
expected
Japanese
invasion
attempt
but
there
was
little
actual
news
as
Allied
fliers
continued
to
hold
Japan's'
sea-borne
forces
at
bav.
Austral-
I
lan
newspapers
expressed
confidence
that
heavy
blows
now
being
dealt
the
enemy
on
Islands
!
north
of
Commonwealth
would
be
Howard
Green
Urges
Dominion
To
'
In
Burma
vigorous
fighting
was
reported
seven
miles
south
of
Tun-goo,
the
left
anchor
of
the
Allied
line.
Major
conflict
was
raging
OTTAWA,
March
24:
0
-Plans
and
a
Chinese
counter-attcclc
had
for
a
scorched
earth
policy
and
driven
the
Japanese
back.
Tne
evacuation
of
coastal
areas
if
nec-
Japanese
are
believed
to
be
rein-
.
ssary
were
advocated
in
the
forcing
their
air
force
over
Burma
forces
and
the
immediate
dispatch
attacks
xn
Nipponese
ships
off
the
of
at
least
a
token
force
of
Cana-
coast
of
Japan.
Three
more
Jap-dians
to
help
defend
Australia.
anese
merchantmen
and
a
de-Attack
on
Canada
might
come'stroyer
or
anti-submarine
vessel
at
any
time.
Green
declared,
in
urging
the
Immediate
establishment
of
a
strong
home
defence
corps
including
every
able-bodied
man
in
the
country.
CRIPPS
IS
IN
INDIA
SK-tial
Emissary
Hopes
for
Successful
Negotiation
Within
.
Two
Weeks.
SWEEP
l
ltOITTEERINCi
LONDON,
March
24:
Oh-"Black
market"
men
found
to
have
hoist
ed
the
price
of
a
barrel
of
molasses
1500
percent
were
fined
an
aggregate
of
about
$45,000.
CONVERTING
INDUSTRIES
Plants
Turning
Over
to
War
Production
on
Large
Scale
in
United
States.
WASHINGTON.
March
24:
United
States
industries
which
have
been
producihtf
ffvVbihlon
dollars
worth
of
goods
per
yew
on
,the
production
of
electrical
goods;,
hardware
and
other
lines
for
the
civilian
market,
Captaln
and
Mrs.
P.
A.
T.
Ellis
sailed
by
the
Catala
this
afternoon
for
a
trip
to
Vancouver.
Canadians
AT
A
BRITISH
In
Britain
PORT,
March
24:
O
A
contingent
of
several
hundred
Canadian
troops
and
airmen
and
an-
other
hospital
unit
have
ar-
rived
in
Great
Britain
after
an
Atlantic
crossing
from
Canada
which
was
"Just
like
a
cruise."
YANKS
NOT
No
Attention
raid
to
Vichy
Claim
of
Surrender
on
iUtaan
Tenimula.
WASHINGTON.
March
24.
No
attention
Is
paid
here
to
a
Vichy
radio
statement
yesterday
that
American
forces
on
Bataan
Pcnln-
to
meet
the
Royal
Air
Foice
ond'suia
in
tne
rniuppines
nas
surr
United
States
strength
which
is,
rendered.
The
latest
word
here
Is
continuing
to
take
a
heavy
toll.
'that
a
demand
of
the
Japanese
to-Untll
control
of
the
air
over
Bur-
j
surrender
had
been
disregarded
by
ma
is
decided,
the
Issue
of
land!
the
United
States
commander-Infighting
cannot
be
expected.
!
chief
on
Bataan.
Amprirnn
snhmnrinps
nrp
mprt.
ing
with
increased
success
in
their!
were
sunk
yesterday
in
addition
to
others
being
damaged.
This
brings
the
total
of
enemy
ships
sunk
or
damaged
by
the
United
States
and
Australian
naval
and
air
forces
to
183
of
which
118
were
disposed
of
by
the
United
States
Navy
97
being
sunk
and
21
dam
aged.
Thirty-five
warsnips
have
been
sunk
and
ten
damaged.
Melbourne
says
that
7,000
Japanese,
have
been
killed,
35
ships
and
100
airplanes
destroyed
In
forty-nine
days.
While
the
United
Nations
forces
were
wounding
Japanese
bases
on
the
northern
Islands,
evacuation
NEW
DELHI.
India,
March
24:
of
Port
Moresby
on
New
Guinea
Sir
Stafford
Crlpps
has
arrived
In
had
been
commenced.
Forty-seven
New
Delhi
to
start
negotiaUons
(
Japanese
planes
have
been
brought
which
may
lead
to
freedom
of
In-
down
smce
Friday,
dia
from
Great
Britain
In
return
j
for
allegiance
to
fight
tne
axis
until
the
war
is
won.
Sir
Stafford
has
hopes
of
successfully
complet
ing
his
mission
wiUiin
two
weeks.
The
special
ambassador
Is
understood
to
have
authority
to
negotiate
on
the
spot
a
final
agreement
on
the
basis
of
political
i
freedom
with
a
military
alliance
with
the
United
Nations.
Territorial
integrity
may
be
slvcn
with
no
division
between
Moslems
nnd
Hindus.
There
would
be
a
coalition
federal
government
and
pro
vincial
Governments.
India
would
also
be
given
a
voice
In
any
peace
conference
after
the
war
as
an
Independent
nation.
SINKING
OF
SHIP
Eighteenth
Allied
Vessel
Within
Week
Victim
of
Enemy
Action
Off
U.
S.
Coast.
NEW
YORK,
March
24:
Another
Allied
merchant
vessel
was
lost
off
the
Atlantic
Coast
yesterday.
It
ran
aground
after
a
submarine
attack.
This
was
the
eighteenth
Allied
vessel
to
be
lost
In
these
waters
vfithln
a
week.
TRIBUTE
TO
W00DSW0RTH
Prime
Minister
and
Other
Ottawa
Leaders
Speak
Kindly
of
Long
Prominent
Socialist
.Member
OTTAWA,
March
24:
Prime
Minister
William
Lyon
Mackcnzlo
King
paid
feeling
tribute
to
the
late
J.
S.
Woodsworth,
long
a
Socialist
member
for
Winnipeg
and
founder
of
the
Co-operative
Commonwealth
Federation.
He
was
the
"devoted
missionary
of
a
great
cause
the
well-being
of
his
fcl-lowmen,"
Mr:
King
said.
Mental
anxiety
arising
out
of
the
war
had
had
an
effect
In
shortening
Mr.
WtoodsworthAs
life,
the
prime
mln-
are
being
turned
ovcPfitoUmttnl-H
lster'fctt;
Hons
manufacture.
't
There
Is
continued
restriction
Other
Ottawa
leaders
joined
in
the
tribute
to
Mr.
Woodsworth.
ALASKA
REFINING
After
reaching
a
peak
of
$29,-
(000,000
in
1916,
copper
mining
In
Alaska
has
declined
to
about
$30,-000
annually.