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EFFICIENCY
MAN
QUITS
John
Thompson
KeslRns
Important
Tost
at
Ottawa
Minister
Explains
OTTAWA,
March
20
0
Col.
jciin
Thompson,
director
f
government
offices
economy
control,
has
tendered
his
resignation,
Hon.
I
r
Lafleche,
minister
of
wr
service-,
announced.
Lafleche
said
that
the
resignation
was
being
ae-crptcd
with
regret
and
"it
Is
purely
a
que
Uon
of
overwork."
.
Within
the
past
two
weeks
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has
been
mentioned
In
the
House
of
Commons
on
several
:c;aslcns
as
a
result
of
newspaper
storlc
quoting
him
as
saying
ho
encauntcred
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let
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"iinacia
tn
10
sr.Invr.rd
snipyaraa
ho.
iruiutuujr
n?re
for
for
the
THEY
DUCKED
These
Nazis
ducked
Just
in
time
they
are
German
paratroopers
and
are
shown
taking
cover
as
a
British
bomb
bursts
just
ahead
during
early
contact
in
Tunisia
between
Axis
forces,
then
commanded
by
German
General
Nehrlng,
and
the
English-American
advance
guard.
The
paratroopers
are
some
of
the
Axis
air
borne
forces
rushed
by
air
from
Italy
to
reinforce
Nehrlng
In
first
few
days
of
the
North
African
campaign.
Berlin
Claims
U-Boat
Victory
nf.w
YORK.
March
20
P
A
Berlin
radio
broaacasi
io-
t
day
declared
that
Nazi
sub-
marines
had
sunk
tniriy-iwo
cargo
ships
and
a
destroyer
In
a
prolonged
attack
against
an
eastbound
Allied
convoy
in
the
Atlantic.
There
was
no-
flrmation
from
Alliea.sourccs.
The
German
dispatch
"descrlb-
cd
the
action
as
"the
greatest
and
most
successful"
in
the
history
of
U-boat
warfare.
JAPS
ARE
POWERFUL
Dutch
East
Indies
Leader
Warns
Allies
Against
Wishful
Thinking
MELBOURNE,
March
20-Therc
is
too
much
wishful
thinking
abou.
Japanese
strength,
declares
Vlce-Admiral
C.
E.
Halfrcta.
who
was
commander-in-chief
of
Dutch
EasL
Indies
defences.
As
soon
as
the
enough,
he
declares,
Japanese
are
strong
they
will
attack
Australia.
He
warned
the
Allies
against
allow
ing
the
Japanese
to
consolidate.
RAID
ON
BERLIN
..
rr,wlll;,n.i
Were
Killed
on
March
1,
it
is
KcvcalciS'
titttj
t
tkt
March
20
It
has
been
j
unra
that,
more
than
annouueeu
m-n-,-
...
..
nrmans
were
killed
one
inuuaunu
tjo1
.
u
mid
by
the
Royal
ill
tilt
A
11
fc
v
Air
Force
on
March
1.
a
,ifi-snread
damage
was
JLlUUllg
"
'
'the
blasting
of
450
craters
In
wc
mw..w
-
Ironically
enough,
the
home
oi
JUST
IN
TIME
IBULIETINS
WOULD
STARVE
PATRIOTS
VICHY
The
Vichy
government
has
ordered
French
Patriots,
carrying
on
guerrilla
warfare
on
the
hills
of
Savoic,
to
sin
render
before
it
is
too
late.
I
They
have,
however,
reiused
to
do
so
and
now
efforts
are
being
made
to.
block
off
their
supplies
of
food
and
ammunition.
HITLER
COMMANDS
U-BOATS
STOCKHOLM
Chancellor
Adolf
Hitler
is
reported
to
have
given
up
command
of
his
armies
to
take
over
personal
direction
of
the
submarine
campaign.
SCHOOL
ON
FARM
VICTORIA
Minister
of
Education
Perry
announces
that
British
Columbia
school
pupils
may
leave
s'chool
on
June
1
to
work
on
the
farms,
continuing
until
October.
CANNOT
USE
CANADIANS
OTTAWA
Hon.
Humphrey
.Mitchell,
minister
of
labor,
says
regulations
will
be
strictly
enforced
prohibiting
the
employment
of
further
Canadians
on
Alaska
Highway
work.
JAPS
MUST
SWIM
TOKYO
All
Japanese
soldiers
in
future
must
know
how
to
swim,
it
has
been
ordered
by
the
government
as
a
result
of
recent
experiences
in
the
southwest
Pacific
fighting.
KISKA
RAIDED
AGAIN
WASHINGTON
United
States
planes
made
another
heavy
raid
on
the
Japanese
in
Kiska
Island
of
the
Aleutians.
It
was
the
nineteenth
raid.
All
American
planes
returned
safely
lo
their
bases.
ITALY
IS
BOMBED
VALETTA
British
planes,
operating
from
Malta,
bombed
Italian
communications
In
Southern
Italy
and
Sicily.
BRIGADIER
DEAD
AT
51
CWEON,
March
20
tP
Brig.
P,
w
w
.
wi
Clark,
,
cniel
engineer
or
uie
.
an-
.
H
h
d0nthern
Command,
aica
in
a
Uiurchill
lo
Chart
Course
LONDON.
March
20
M
Prime
Minister
Winston
Churchill's
foruicoming
radio
,
address,
the
dale
and
time
of
which
Is
not
yet
announced,
Is
expected
by
London
obser-
vers
to
chart,
for
the
British
people
their
duties
and
pros-
pects
in
the
first
full
year
of
ifensive
by
the
once-harried
I'mpirc.
It
is
also
believed
that
the
Prime
Minister
may
clar-
ify
Britain's
Relations
to
her
Allies
now
arjd
In
the
post-
war
era.
i
ONTARIO
IS
DOING
WELL
Hail
Twenty
Million
Surplus
Last
Year
and
Expects
Another
One
This
Year
TORONTO:
Mitch
20
The
nro
i
treasureriof
Ontario,
in
his
hnHapt.
vptprriav4
rpnnrtpH
an.nvpr-
all
su
plus
of
K3,C00,C0T
for
the
f
y
pr
and
eitlmated
a
similar
surplus
for
next'year.
The
provin-
cial
debt
was
reduced
by
$4,000,000
during
the
past
year.
ESCAPE
OF
11
BELFAST.
March
20
ff
Twenty
Irish
National
internees
escaped
from
Londonderry
prison
through
a
tunnel
early
today
and
sped
across
the
border
into
neutral
iErie
In
a
truck
after
cowing
bor
-
ider
guards
with
a
sub-machine
gun.
'ARMS
PLANT
IN
UKRAINE
STOCKHOLM,
March
20
Ac
cording
to
reports
reaching
here,
the
Geimans
have
established
a
branch
factory
of
the
Krupp
mu
nition
works
at
Kiev
In
the
.Uk
raine.
:Ljap
sub
IS
SUNK
"aught
Napping;
at
New
Guinea
by
Allied
rianes
Japs
Stage
Raid
ALLIED
HEADQUARTERS
IN
AUSTRALIA,
March
20
(CD-Allied
airmen
surprised
a
Japanese
submarine
unloading
cargo
in
Lae
Harbor
in
New
Guinea
and
rank
it
with
four
direct
bomb
hits,
a
communique
said.
The
destruction
of
the
sub-rarin?
at
Lac
was
the
high
spot
of
widespread
Allied
ac-
tivities
yesterday
against
Japanese
b?.ses
cn
the
long
southwest
Pacific
water
fiont.
Fitly
Japanese
piancs
dropped
-event
v
bombs
over
Porlock
Harbor,
fifty
miles
below
Buna,
damaging
a
wharf
but
failing
to
cause
casualties.
APPEAL
IS"
DISMISSED
The
appeal
of
Murray
Oliver
against
a
conviction
and
fine
of
$3nf)
imposed
In
December
by
Magistrate
W.
D.
Vance
In
city
curt
on
a
charge
of
keep-
'
Hrr
for
sale
was
dismissed
by
Judge
W.
E.
Fisher
In
County
Court
yesterday,
the
conviction
being
upheld.
T.
W.
Brown
ncted
as
counsel
for
the
appellant
while
W.
O.
Fultcn
acted
for
the
crown
SLAV1AN'
TR1NCE
AN
l
LAO
.....
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-w?w--.'.:-"r.
-4
CAPE
TOWN,
March
20
O'--
Trince
Alexander
of
Axis-occupied
Yugoslavia
is
In
training
fn
a
South
African
Air
Force
camp
as
Leading
Aircraftsman
Alexander.
!v
Prince
Edward
Island
Tunnel
OTTAWA,
March
20
The
proposal
was
made
by
one
of
the
Prince
Edwaid
Island
members
in
the
House
of
Com-
mons
yesterday
that
a
tunnel
be
dug
under
the
sea
between
Prince
Edward
Island
and
the
mainland
as
a
post-war
pro-
ject.
This
would
replace
the
,
present
ferry
service.
I
IN
MANOEUVRES
OFF
PANAMA
Th
i.c
cniv
a
theoretical
battle
that
Is
raging
between
a
ln"
fivpr
nrr-:iilt
HpriP
and
the
navy's
fast
torpedo
boats
off
Panama.
Tt
was
part
of
the
joint
manoeuvres"
between
U.S.
ships
of
the
15th
Naval
District
and
planes
of
the
U.S.
Army
Corps.
There
was
po
"final
score."
More
Canucks
Safe
Across
AT
A
BRITISH
PORT,
Mar.
20
9
The
largest
Royal
Can-
adian
Air
Force
since
the
start
of
the
war
has
arrived
at
this
port
with
reinforcements
for
other
units
including
the
Can-
adian
Women's
Army
Corps.
The
women
jwere
led
by
Lieut.-
Col.
Joan
Kennedy
of
Vic-
toria.
The
contingent
had
an
uneventful
voyage
and
en-
countered
no
attacks.
GROUND
IS
WON
BACK
-
-
r-
United
States
Forces
in
Tunisia
Driving
Towards
Mediterranean
'
ALLIED
HEADQUARTERS
IN
NORTH
AFRICA,
March
20
United
States
forces,
having
regained
all
the
ground
they
lost
a
few
weeks
ago,
have
reached
a
point
sixty
miles
from
the
Mediterran-eaa
following
their
recapture
of
Gafsa.
Today
it
was
announced
that
a
communique
saia
American
forces
had
consolidated
their
posi
tions
after
winning
Gafsa
and
El
Guetar
on
Marshal
Rommel's
Hank.
Heavy
rain
continues
to
fall
In
the.
area
and
the
front
was
.
.
enerai
n
1
1
c
V
i
y
BrTRSrSgmiOirniyT-iiltef
strengthening
positions
.menacing
the
Marcth
Line,
was
also
quiet.
Highlights
Of
House
Session
Workmen's
Compensation
and
Conciliation
Act
Amendments
Principal
Items
at
Victoria
ENUNCIATES
POLICY
PREMIER'S
STATEMENT
FOR
HOUSE
Canadian
Government
Will
Stand
On
Ground
of
Equal
Status
And
Mutual
Helpfulness
OTTAWA,
March
20
Vh
Prime
Minister
William
Lyon
Mackenzie
King
told
the
House
of
Commons
yesterday
that
"In
all
our
relations
with
other
parts
of
the
Empire
and
with
other
countries
so
far
as
the
present
administration
Is
concerned
we
(Cahada)
intend
to
stand
on
that
ground
of
status
of
our
own
equal
to
that
of
each
and
all
self-governnlng
Dominions
and
the
United
Kingdom."
Mr.
King
said
that
the
government
stands
by
statements
of
Canada's
foreign
policy
he
enun
ciated
in
1938
a
policy
of
peace
and
friendliness,
of
trying
to
look
after
Canada's
own
Interests
and
to
understand
the
position
of
other
governments.
The
Prime
Minister
said
in
ar
ticles
appearing
In
some
news
papers
there
appeared
to
be
an
effort
to
make
what
was
obviously.
a
difficult
situation
not.
easier
but
more
difficult.
So
far
as
the
Canadian
govern
ment
was
concerned,
It
Intended
to
do
Its
utmost
to
make
difficult
situations
less
difficult-
and
to
fur
ther
what
.appeared
to
be
In
the
common
interest.
1
n.'-
Ku'KMCA
MAN
DIES
John
G.
Nelson,
One
of
Venerable
Chiefs
of
Village,
Passes
Away
John
O.
Nelson,
one
of
the
venerable
chiefs
of
Kitkatla,
who,
In
his
day,
had
held
every
post
of
leadership
of
Importance
In
the.
Concert
Band
and
other
oreaniza-
tlons
taking
part.
Chief
Nelson,
who
passed
away
after
an
Illness
of
three
months',
was
born
at
Port
Simpson
about
seventy
years
ago.
All
his
life
hs
was
prominent
in
the
affairs
of
his
village.
Among
other
offices
he
had
been
chler
councillor,
president
of
the
Excelsior
Club
and
the
Kitkatla
Concert
Band.
He
was
also
a
leader
In
the
Anglican
Church
of
the
village.
Deceased
leaves'
his
widow
and
1
-
1
1
1
A
1
tf.
1
Ilve
cnirareu
mree
suns,
iieuuei-
.
James
ana
wiraier
,
of
Kitkatla,
and
Mrs.
Chester
(Dor-
Nebon
of
Kitkatla
and
Mrs
rJn)
Henry
(Maude)
Helln
of
Port
-
.
c
,w
xr
n
Members
ot
tne
iiaruey
uay
mn-
letlc
Club
will
come
to
Kitkatla
for
the
funeral.
f
Z"1
JrQClilC
VO&Sl
Ronrrnwc
Pnnc
IVCUlgVlO
AuritJ
Sergeant
Young
Expected
to
Spend
Next
Week
at
Kitkatla
Training
Guerrillas
Tlie
native
village
of
Kitkatla
down
the
coast
Is
expected
a
visit
next
week
from
Sergeant
Young
of
the
Pacific
Coast
Rangers.
Ser-
geant
Young
will
spencLa
week
a.
Kitkatla
engaged
In
training
the
corps
at
that
point.
The
Kitkatla
unit
consists
of
thirty
members
with
Joseph
Inn!3
as
local
captain
in
charge.
I
village,
passed
away
there
at
3
VICTORIA,
March
20
-
High-;
&clock
yesterday
afternoon,
ac-.
lights
of
the
session
of
the
British
cordlng
t0
brought
to
the
city
Columbia
Legislature,
which
pro-.
today
by
villagers
who
are
in
town
rogued
Thursday
night,
Included
(
to
make
arrangements
for
the
fu-amendments
to
the
Workmen's
nerai
whlch
will
"
take
place
on
Compensation
Act
providing
more
i
Monday
under
the
auspices
of
the
liberal
allowances
and
to
the
In-
Excelsior
Club
with
the
Kitkatla
dustiial
and
Conciliation
Act
,
strengthening
the
bargaining
rights
of
labor.
IT
A
D
IM
ft
m
in
RUSSIA
Red
Aimy
Still
Falling
Back
In
South
But
Advancing
in
Centre
LONDON,
March
20
G
Outnum-
bered
Russian
troops,
battling"
mnC!
n.,n
tank
anrt
infnn-
Wry
assaults,
were
forced
back
'
,
again
and
lost
two
populated
places
on
the
southern
front,
Mbscow,
announced.
I
Russian
gains
In
the
drive
on
Smolensk
were
reported
with
the
,
capture
of
additional
hamlets.
A
communique
communique
said
saia
that
uiai
German
ucuimu
re-
ic-
slstance
had
stiffened
northeast
ri
runner
iutm
Man
Is
Dead
W.
S.
Fisher
Passes
Away
in
Van
couver
After
Long
Illness
Word
has
been
received
In
the
clty
of
the
death
of
W.
L.
Fisher,
formerly
provincial
collector
here.
He
had
been
ill
for
many
years,
Mr.
Fisher
Is
survived
by
hls
widow,
residing
at
Medina,
Wash-
ington,
two
daughters
and
a
son.