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reinstate
such
release
from
war
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such
personnel
registration
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be
employ
vsential
industries
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from
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aged
from
17
to
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worker
is
re-
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services
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take
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from
serviec
view
to
pnyaieai
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the
armed
fet-
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be
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up
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if.i.
educaUonal
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men
for
person
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lit
i'xia
are
being
tiling
up
of
single
'
wldowara.
a
widcap:vad
cam-.
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of
women
to
e-lulun
inoiutries
k
nay
go
on
military
up
war
worn.
ration
by
all
cm-'quired.
Uie
new
selective
e
under
the
dl-
m
Ulster
of
labor.
MUhell.
with
El-
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rector
of
na-
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consld
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bookkeepers,
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cash
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dry
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wine,
bcerttobaeco.
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phoWrophy.
aving.
publlhlng,
umcntx.
etc.
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35:
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Premier
Privateer
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Royal
Canadian
Toronto.
BcatUc
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Central
Pat.
Cons.
Smelters
Ik
ARE
HEAVY
t
Itusslans
Claim
That
More
Than
110,000
Germans
Have
Been
Killed
Since
Feb.
5.
MOSCOW.
Maich
W:
itussian
dispatches
reported
today
that
German
armies
have
lost
more
than
110,000
men
killed
since
February
S
with
the
heaviest
loll
on
the
Kalinin
front
where
the
Invaders
are
said
to
hare
suffered
61,700
casualties
up
to
March
21.
Moscow
claims
that
16.000
Nails
have
been
killed
in
fierce
battles
in
the
Leningrad
area
during
the
past
two
weeKs,
large
quantities
of
enemy
supplies
and
equipment
being
taken.
Hitler
has
called
out
000,000
reserves
in
a
vain
attempt
to
seize
the
SITD0WN
nT
lino
Complaints
Have
Heen
Made
at
I
Decoigne
and
Geiklc
Campv
JA8PE11.
March
25:
-A
slldown
strike
among
Japanese
in
Decoigne
camp
has
been
ended.
The
Internees
had
complained
at
lack
of
accommodation
but.
stnee
this
has
hen
extended,
the
trouble
is
over.
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camD
the
Jipanesel
employment
arc
satisfied
except
at
snoiUgc
oi
bathing
facilities
NEWSPAPER
IS
CHARGED
Vancouver
Sun
Is
Up
Today
Under
Defence
of
Canada
Kegulalions.
VANCOUVER.
Marcl)
Jo
Hearing
of
charges
agalnit
the
Vancouver
Sun
Publishing
Co.
under
h.
nofpnee
of
Canada
Regula-
salesmen.'
tlona
U
taking
place
today
in
city
a
a.
.
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H.llAllI
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DnUtl
mml
Is
Now
Pegged
J
OTTAWA.
March
25:
-
The
Wartime
Prices
a
n
d
Trade
Board
announced
today
that
no
person
may
sell
Jn
Canada
any
newspaper
mag-
,
azlne
or
periodical
at
a
price
higher
than
during
the
basic
period
of
last
September
15
to
October
11.
The
order
pro-
vldes
that
price
Increases
re-
i
"named
cently
announced
by
several
(
United
8
1
a
t
e
s
publication
shall
not
apply
in
Canadi.
T
UNEMPLOYED
Some
Misunderstanding
As
Just
When
Payment
Should
;e
Made.
mis
general
nut
were
is
one
In
Since
the
Unemployment
insurance
Com
mission
commenced
the!
payment
of
benefits
to
unemployed
insured
persons
early
In
rbru-'
arjr.
It
has
been
discoveied
that
then
Is
some
misunderstanding
as
to
the
meaning
of
the
term
"un-'
employed."
E.
V.
Whiting,
manager
of
the
local
employment
and
claims
office,
states.
The
general
rule.
Mr.
Whiting
states,
is
that
a
worker
is
not
considered
to
be
unemployed
on
any
day
on
which
he
is
following
a:i
occupation
from
which
h.
derive
cx-
cepUon.
but
that
exception
only
applies
when
all
the
following
three
requirements
are
sitlsflrd:
1.
The
occupation
from
which
remuneration
or
profit
is
Jerived
must
be
one
which
could
ordlnar-
iiv
ha
vr
herni
followed
hv
the
I
worker
In
addition
to
his
usual
a.
It
must
be
one
which
could
ordinarily
have
been
followed
by
the
worker
outside
the
ordinary
hours
of
his
usual
employment.
3.
The
remuneration
or
profit
;
must
not
exceed
one
dollar
$li
on;
Uie
nay
in
qucsuuu.
w
wiieic
iv
ra
i
wenuanis.
ponce
court,
aiiui
w
K,m,t
,lnimnlnved
on
anv
(Derelict
Defence."
puwwwa
aiarwi
-
w"
-"w,"
,..,
13.
is
alleged
to
havcDcen
prejudicial
to
the
successful
prosecution
of
the
war.
day
on
which
he
is
woming,
oui
must
inform
the
local
office
rc-j
gardlng
work
done.
Moreover,
if
a
worker,
aiier
jiw
cmploympnt
has
terminated,
con
tinues
to
receive
wages
or
nouaay
payments
from
Ins
employer,
payable
under
his
contract
of
service,
he
is
not
considered
to
be
unemployed
for
benefit
purposes.
An
applicant
-for
benefit,
whether
man
or
woman,
who
Is
maintaining
a
dependent
husband,
wife
or
child
under
16
years
of
age,
can
ouallfv
for
benefit
at
a
higher
rate.
Full
details
should
be
ic-
1
ported
to
the
employment
and
I
,.frij.ii.
u'hn
will
nxKltt
nn
C1MIIIH
applicant
regarding
a
benefit
claim
in
any
way
he
can.
EDITOR
DEFIED
BAN
I
Fnr
mibllshlng
material
banned
by
his
college
heads,
an
editor
of
a
collccc
paper
wis
expelled,
his
scholarship
forfeited
and
his
ex
emption
from
military
service
re
moved.
Provincial
Constable
and
Mrs.
Wflitor
Mlddleton.
who
arrived
In
tho
cltv
on
the
Camosun
Monday
nit.hr.
from
Massett,
will
leave
on
Friday
evening's
train
for
Terrace;
to
which
point
Constable
Middle
ton
has
been
transferred.
REMOVED
FROM
HOUSE
OTTAWA
Liquor!
La
com
be.
Insurgent
member
for
Laval-Two
.Mountains,
was
removed
from
the
Mouse
of
Commons
last
night
for
interrupting
the
proceedings.
After
he
had
been
"named"
by
Speaker
J.
A.
Glen,
he
was
led
from
the
chumbei
by
the
sergeant-at-arms,
Today
he
was
permitted
to
resume
his
seat.
It
was
first
time
in
thirty
days
that
a
member
had
keen
in
the
house.
NANAIMO
WINS
NANAIMO
Nanairoo
Clippers
defeated
Swift
Current
Indians
C
to
0
last
night
imthe
opening
game
of
a
five-game
aerie?
for
the
Western
Canadji
intermediate
hockey
title.
JAPS
OVEK
AUSTRALIA
CANBERRA
Three
Japanese
bombcis
visited
Port
Darwin
yesterday
and
one
was
as
far
as
170
miles
along
the
railway
line
towards
central
Australia.
The
Japanese
bombers
are
lill
concentrating
on
Port
.Moresby,
New
Guinea.
BRITAIN
BOMBED
LONDON
There
were
lighter
bombing
attacks
during
the
night
on
points
on
the
southeast
coast
of
England
bu
t
damage
was
light
and
therj
were
no
casualties.
The
intensity
of
the
bombing
was
not
J
comparable
with
that
of
Dover
and
two
other
points
in
that
a
rf
a
Monday
night.
British
bombers
and
fighters
went
to
northern
France
yesterday
and'
seven
fighters
tailed
to
return.
r.
,fc
INVASION
DIFFICULT
WASHINGTON
Military
ob-scivers
here
believe
that
an
invasion
by
the
Japanese
of
northeast
Australia
would
be
as
difficult
as
an
invasion
of
Britain
would
be
for
the
Germans.
SCAKE
SOUTH
AMEKICA
LONDON
It
is
believed
here
that
Germany
is
endearorin?
lo
frighten
South
America
into
sending
goods
to
the
Keich,
possibly
by
way
of
West
Africa
and
Spain
on
Vichy
French
ships.
1
GERMANS
ESCAPE
LONDON
Three
German
prisoners
WAR
PRODUCTION
UP
LONDON
British
war
production
h
up
forty
percent
since
December.
STOCK
UP
WITH
FUEL
VANCOUVER.
Miirch
25:
Vancouver
householders
arc
being
advised
to
stock
up
with
fuel,
particularly
sawdust,
during
the
coming
summer
as
the
fuel
shortage
during
the
past
winter
will
have
been
nothing
compared
with
that
expected
next
winter.
Distribu
tion
in
view
of
the
wartime
restrictions
against
automotive
equipment
may
also
be
a
problem.
OVERTIME
PAY
OFF
Two
Big
tabor
Organizations
United
Slates
Arc
Opposed
to
It.
in
NEW
YORK,
March
25:
The
American
Federation
of
Labor
and
the
Congress
on
Industrial
Organization
have
waived
double
pay
for
work
on
Sundays
and
holidays
during
the
war,
straight
time
to
be
paid
provided
it
Is
within
the
forty-four
hour
week.
A.R.P.
MADE
COMPULSORY
for
themselves
against
damage
from
attack
by
enemy
action.
A
list
of
requirements
will
be
drafted.
This
was
announced
vptrr-'
day
by
Premier
John
Hart.
Andamans
0
coin
ied
NEW
DELHI,
March
23:
I
The
Indian
government
to
1
1-
day
announced
that
the
stra
t
tegic
Andaman
Islands
in
the
-
Day
of
Bengal
had
been
oc
cupied
by
the
Japanese,
car
ryinr
Axis
influence
further
west
toward
India.
The
An-
daman
Islands
had
been
pre-
i-
viously
attacked
by
the
Jap-
'on
i-
4.
MINISTERS
COME
WEST
Hon.
J.
I
Kalslon
and
Hon.
Power
Are
Coming
to
See
Pacific
Coast
Defences.
OTTAWA.
March
25:
Hon.
C.
O.
Power,
minister
of
national
defence
for
air,
will
pay
a
visit
to
the
Pacific
Coast
to
inspect
defences
next
week.
Hon.
J.
L.
Ral-
n.HM,
i
rMn,t
,.1
"nrrs
of
u
war
war
arc
ic
still
siiu
at
large
svon,
minister
oi
naiiunui
ueience,'
ZLJZ
thVn
.
mu.?
aflfr
P,n
from
hilenimeiiL
iwlll
also
visit
the
west
coast
period
longer
than
n
a
rtav
day
it
it
mtut
mM
others
were
soon
recap-
Ing
the
Easter
recess
and
his
trip
nuv
cavtoi
...
...
.j
.
turcd
coincide
with
Mr.
Power.
average.
Even
If
the
worker
thinks
that
jUrese
three
conditions
hive
been
(
!
complied
with,
he
must
give
par
ticulars
of
any
work
he
1
doing
to
the
local
employment
and
claims
officer
and
enquire
whether
his
insurance
book
should
be
stamped.
A
worker
must
not
de-
Lord
Beaverbrook
Lands
in
Miami
Will
Spend
Day
Or
So
in
City
Before
Proceedinj
Washington.
Florida
to
MIAMI,
Florida.
March
25:
Lord
Beaverbrook
arrived
here
yes-
Itcrday
by
plane
from
England
and
Tip
Is
Being
Given
Householders
I
will
be
here
for
a
day
or
so
before
to
Gel
Requirements
Dur-
proceeding
to
wasningion
to
coning
Summer.
sult
in
regard
to
war
production
.
matters.
Con
Jones
Park
r
Given
to
City
Noled
Sporting
Centre
Trinslcrred
to
Vancouver
by
Mrs.
Stevenson.
VANCOUVER,
March
25:
The
old
Con
Jones
ball
park
has
been
transferred
to
the
city
of
Vancou
vcr
for
use
In
connection
with
the
exhibition
by
Mrs.
A.
M.
Stevenson.
ALASKA
TUNDRA
Much
of
northern
Alaska
con
sists
of
"tundra,"
a
treeless
,tv
nanso
covered
by
sedge,
moss,
lichen
and
smallbrush.
FOR
FELLOW-AUTHORS
STOCKHOLM,
March
25:
tt)
The
Association
of
Swedish
Auth
ors
has
petitioned
the
Swedish
government
to
intercede
for
"mitigation
of
the
treatment
accorded
Norwegian
authors
In
Nazi-domln
ated
Norway."
lands
of
Wake
and
Marcus
late
in
February
and
early
in
March.
Naval
planes
dropped
ninety
-
six
bombs
on
Marcus
Island,
radio
station,
hangars,
storage
facilities,
ammunition
dumps
and
fuel
stations
being
destroyed.
A
nearly
completed
air
base
was
bombed
and
damaged
in
the
attack.
Destruction
of
Marcus
Island
radio
station
was
believed
to
have
knocked
out
a
radio
device
for
the
detecting
of
the
approach
of
ships
or
planes
towards
the
heart
of
Japanese-dominated
area
of
the
western
Pacific.
Other
developments
in
the
war
in
the
Pacific
were:
,
1
In
the
Philippines
vhc
Japanese
resumed
aerial
bombardment
of
Manila
harbor
defences
and
Bataan
Peninsula
positions,
the
Americans
replying
with
an
attack
a
Japanese
position
on
Mln-
anese
but
news
of
their
occu-
danao
Island.
aliqiicanie
as
a
surprise.
.
A,
,
2ln
the,.
.East
.-.Indlfttiiethcr-
Elands
forces
-were
reported
resist-
ting
in
central
Borneo,
central
Su-
Unatra
and
parts
of
the
Celebes
Island;.
3--In
Burma
the
situation
ou
Toungoo
front
of
the
Allied
left
wing
was
described
officially
as
serious
with
a
heavy
battle
in
progress
and
the
Japanese
making
!
substantial
advances
towards
Man-
C
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elective
jiu--
BREACHING
PLAN
FOR
MANPOWER
MOBILIZATION
It
a
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Americans
On
Offensive
GOING
1NT0EFFECT
NOW
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BULLETINS
United
States
Warships
and
s
VmmimctcJ
Before
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Premier
King-
Many
Men
Will
Have
to
Change
Their
Jobs.
nTTAWA.
March
25:
(CI
)
Prime
Minister
Wil-!
,.n
Mackenzie
King,
in
his
important
and
far-
announcement
on
manpower
mobilization
yes-,
c;
the
course
of
a
long
speech
before
the
House
xf
'
outlined
the
following
provisions
under
the
iiv
a;
-elective
service
plan
which
is
made
effective
at
Domoers
in
ouccessrui
Kaids
On
Japanese
Pacific
Islands
Wake
and
Marcus
Are
Visited
Important
Radio
Station
and
Other
Installations
Knocked
Out
General
Picture
in
Pacific
Arena
Today.
i
United
States
warshins
and
bombers
have
made
two
Householders
and
uusiness
Prem-
"highly
successful"
attacks
on
Japanese
island
outposts
ises
Must
Look
Out
or
in
the
Pacific,
striking
within
950
miles
of
Tokyo,
and
Themselves.
other
good
news
for
the
Allies
came
in
reports
from
Vancouver.
March
25:
Under
Netherlands
forces
still
battling
the
Japanese
in
the
East
IS-rr.;IJSi
Indies
Washington
announced
that
forces
of
the
Pa-
ifury
at
the
enemy-occupied
is-
IS
SEIZED,
NOT
SUNK
Information
Canadian
Received
Regarding
Tanker
Canadolite
COPENHAGEN.
March
25:
The
11,000-ton
Canadian
motor
ship
tanker
Canadolite,
which
had
been
supposed
lost
in
the
South
Atlantic,
was
actually
seized
by
the
Nazis
March
25,
1941,
and
is
being
held
at
Bordeaux,
France,
It
is
re
ported
here.
There
is
no
intimation
as
to
the
fate
of
the
crew.
4-London
military
quarters!"
p,Y':.
rnrnr
11,-
-riKillt..
t
a
lln.
I
--"v.
......
ancsc
attack
on
Russia
from
the
cast
before
the
German
spring
offensive
in
the
west.
LOST
TWO
DESTROYERS
United
States
Navy
Further
Losses
In
Java
Announces
Battle
of
WASHINGTON.
D.C.,
March
25:
The
Department
of
the
Navy
announces
that
the
two
old
American
destroyers
Pillsbury
and
Edsel,
four-stackers
of
1100
tons
each,
have
not
been
heard
from
since
early
In
the
month
and
arc
presumed
lost
wKh
all
hands.
With
145
men
on
board
each.
Ihcy
have
not
been
reported
since
the
Battle
of
Java.
Both
had
taken
part
in
the
naval
engagements
of
Macassar
Straits
and
the
Java
Sea.
The
Pillsbury
Is
believed
to
have
been
lost
in
the
vicinity
of
Ball
and
the
Edsel
off
Java.
They
ARMY
CHIEF
-
PAYS
VISIT-
Major
General
J.
C.
Murchie
hi
Prince
Rupert
for
Two
Days
to
Inspect
Defences.
In
the
course
of
a
tour
of
coast
defences.
Major
J.
C.
Murchie.
vice-chief
of
staff.
Department
of
Nation
al
Defence,
Ottawa,
arrived
In
th
Rupert
this
"morning
from
Vancouver.
General
Murchie,
who
was
met
by
Col.
S.
D.
Johnston,
the
area
commandant,
said
that
he
expected
to
spend
two
days
In
Prince
Rupert
before
proceeding
to
Edmonton
whence
he
would
fly
to
Ottawa.
The
general
declined
to
be
Interviewed
In
regard
to
defences
or
military
matters.
Accompanying
General
Murchie
are
CoL
J.
Preston
or
Victoria,
general
staff
officer
of
the
Pacific
command,
and
Col.
Sparling
of
Ottawa.
BATTLE
IN
INLAND
SEA
Italian
Battleship
Torpedoed
by
British
Navy
Admiralty
Issues
Communique.
LONDON.
March
25:
W
An
Italian
battleship
was
hit
by
at
least
one
torpedo
in
action
In
the
past
few
days,
the
Admiralty
announces.
A
British
communique
announc-
make
five
warships
the
United
I
ed
that
one
British
mercnanlman
States
lost
In
the
Battle
of
Java,
had
been
sunk
by
Axis
air
attacic
'in
air
ana
sea
iigm
centering
around
the
passage
of
a
convoy
to
TO
BANISH
POVERTY
j
Malta
in
the
last
few
days
but
de-PRETORIA,
March
25:
Ot
The
nicd
Axis
claims
to
having;
sunk
South
African
Labor
Party
hasluru,sn
warsnips.
called
upon
the
government
for
a
select
committee
to
frame
a
social
security
code
"that
should
utterly
and
absolutely
remove
from
the
life
of
every
citizen
the
menace
of
poverty
and
want."
COURTS
CHIEF
OFFICIATED
CAPETOWN,
March
25:
05
Chief
Justice
Nlcolaas
Jacobus
dc
Wet,
who
opened
the
South
African
parliament
In
place
of
Governor-General
Sir
Patrick
Duncan,
Is
recuperating
after
an
operation.
W.
R.
McAfee
returned
to
the
city
on
the
Prince
Rupert
thLs
morning
from
a
brief
business
trip
to
Vancouyer.
Prime
Minister
Winston
Chur
chill,
speaking
in
parliament
today,
described
the
battle
in
the
Mediterranean.
The
Italian)
had
used
one
of
the
most
modern
and
powerful
battleships
afloat,
Mr.
Churchill
disclosed.
The
British
force
which
met
the
Italian
naval
force
as
It
set
out
to
attack
the
convoy
consisted
,
oi
five
light
cruisers
ana
aesiroycrs.
SHE
TOOK
SOMC
BLAME
LONDON,
March
25:
CB-A
21-ycar-old
girl
was
rcnianded
for
14
days
and
advised
to
try
to
Join
one
of
the
women's
war
services
when
she
said
she
would,
''share
the
blame'
for
a
22-year-old
Dunkirk
survivor
being
sent
.to
prison
tor
sli
months
for
housebreaking-