ooi r sBSupemnnuatime Of - Ailral of the Fleet . ýG.t War Herocs Joint LSodn, Manch S.-Britain has ftçBldfive of her highest naval officers fromn retirement ta active service under an orden that those wit2i t1U. rmnl of admiraI of tie fleet henceforth will be on the ac- tive l8t for 1f e. Th arank corresponds with that1 cf field marshal ln the army. Tt is explaIned that thase recalled. will prcbably have shore or other du- tl.M and will not necessarily be called upon ta ne-assume commandls at oma. The five ad.mrals are-Sir Henry Pý Oliver, Sir Osmonid de B. Brock. Sir Roger J. B. KCeyes, Sir Freder- Ic% L. Frield and Sir Regixxald Y. Twtt Beatty's Aide Brock vas chief-of-staff to Lord Beatty in the baffle criuser Farce durinj the last var, andi took a *leading part 'i the Dogger Bank and Jutland «battles. Field, 68, Joineci the navy when 13. During the Boxer rising in 1900 h. took part ln British naval acti- vÃŽties iln China along viti Earls i JeUkicos and Beatty and Admirai of the Fleet Keyes. At the Baffle of SIX CaIled From Retirement TÊ% ggà xJa -gVj zn>z jut1an lihe oommanded H.M. King George v. and was mention- ed in dispatrhes and decorateci. He was subsequently deputyr chief1 of the naval staff, commander-in- chief of the Mediterranean fleet, and first sea lord. H1e was placed on tie reserve list in January, 1938, after neariy 54 years of service. The name of Sir Roger Keyes nas becn familiar ta the public ever since his famous St. George's Day raid on Zeebruigge and Ostend in 1918, one of the navy's most thrilling exploits of tie last van. "*Sto1rMy Petrel", Tyrwhitt, 6f , retired last July, ,hiortly becfore thý outbreak of war. H1e m'hs lad 5~ years in the navy and durin, tih la.it war Ne com- mnan, -1 deýtroyer flotillas. H1e car- ried out exploits of such daring tiazlie be"aà mc known as ."Th~e Stormy Fetrel of. the Britisi Navy." Oliver is 75. From 1914 to 1917 Ne was actflý,- vi-cc-admiral and chief of tie Acmiralry's war staff. In tie Admiiriltv 'er'nizat ion of 1917 lie becanie a mem-iber 0fthie board in depuiv echief of naval staff. In L1918 lie was rear-admiral corn- c manding lie First Battie Cruiser Squaclron. He was namced vice- iadmiraliniii1919 and in the saine 1 i-ear va-s namredl to command the --Home Ficet anid later of thie Re- s erve Fleet. H1e was named admira] f in 1923 and iiriiiiral of the fleet ini f1928. AUSTRALIAN LABOR -VOTE BRINGS ISOLATION WARNING #Uovmnment Shake-up and1 301dM ,W.ir Policy Nee- ed, Press Say& After Re- Melbourne, March 5.-Tic Aus- trmiimn goVernMent "needs recon- struction.&ud ishould enunciate a clearer, bolder war poliey i rder to teacli the people the danger Of the. laoletion fallacy," said the mcl- botre Henald in commnentlng on the Labor panfy's victory in Satur- 4s3's bY-.eletion st Caria, Victoria. J. J. Dedman, Labor candidate, "W=n.thieacat vecated by Richard Ousey on his appointinent as Minis- tir ta the United States against J.. Ir. Vinton-Baiti, Goverumnent can- didate. Tds resul1t, the Herald sald, "aouat not be dlsmlmsed us due ta WutIcr Issues." The electorate, ît ., W d. "Voted for labor's war policy, "IOwÃ"uid beave oni others the burden oc' *uojtraia's protection." Wagt flome Defense Prime btinister R. G. Menzies Is .Wfted4ta niaioe a statement Wed- zsesday x.1 tue Covern'nent'ý ver P! AlO strala's st4ind beside Britalii tic var vas not an issue in the election, tic Labor party vig- moely opposed dispatch of Ans- traltan troops overseas and anYý AREA 1 BLO IN Day'. Rain-, -Ca*uses Mine Wrings 10 Old Coüptse Shenandoaii, Pa., -Marci 5rMid- city Shenandosh sank slo;ly, top- pling homes and cracking business 'l bulidls, us abandoned anthr'a- cite mine workino's below the town collapsed after a 24-hour tain. Residents, awakceieçl by the rumbling tiat warncd o! tic caveý 1n. fled from a 16-block arca tiat' aettled slovly and steadily. Police Chief Frank Allnsky sald no anc vwu reported killed or injured, but propenty damage vas ieavy. Seven hours after the subsidence tiret was detecfed, many buildings had aettîeil 18 inches and widening çnacka streaked aeross factox'les and sturdler brick structures. Many homes vere split in twa. Oau and water mains were broken. Street pavements caved In. -Women Sob Women sobbed iystenically among the hundneds of spectatars via looked on from sf e areas oufside the section police roped off. Many saw ticir bouses collapse. State police frorni 51 nearby &ta- tions were summoned tahelp tic Shenandoah police force maintain order sud patral tic endangered Telephone service ta, Shenandoaa from -nearby conunities in tic sa&hracite section vas disrupted. 'Me ground began ta -settie and aplt.open &bout 1 a.m., Alinsky ne- parted. &even hours later it vas etili sinking slowly.t1 SPolicemen, warned by laud rum-rb- .llnjs, arcused residents anld led theai to safety., Oas and waten lines were broken us the gnound sank around'tien aud police ordercd valves of pipeSI leeding inta the ares closed. BuldngsSplit "8Ome of the buildings were spllt1 i half," Chief, Âlinsky said. «'In #me boussdom sjamwnpd 80 Rind of iînlittarily compulsion, main- taini ng that- the strong defense of Australia and economic aid ta fie Allies were the best contributions thc Do.minion coulcl tflke ta defeat- ing Gerrnany. John Cufrtin, leader of tie Labon party, said Simciay nigit tiat an obligation tiow rested on Prime Minîjster Merî'ies to respect tic "Significant decision"l at Corlo. Hie ield Labor's we r allns liad been endorsed. Blames Local Issues Mr. Menzies said tNef whilc tie election was fouglit ma'n1y o1loal issues, flie resuit i' icated tie governinent was aiead o! pttblic opinion on the war." Hie added it was tic government's duty "ta pro- îceed with vi-or and determination."' A geiieral etleci ion is due ta be lieid fuis fou.Labr'sby-election victory uiow niakes it fhe largest parfy in flic Houise of Representa- tives wit.li 30 scats against 28 for Mr. Menziýes' United Australia Part y. lie balance of pce'r is hcld by the Couxîfry Party witi 16 seats. Tuîs group, wahule at odds wiiticth United Austrahýila Party since tic deaf h of Primie Minister Joseph Lyons, gives flie government suf fi- cient support in parliarnentary div- isionis to enste its contintlance in office. tigitly that the people iad to crawl out of windows ta get away." A steaciy dowilpour of tain wiici feli for îhl -ie pat 24 hours, added ta Nhe discoxnfort, cf those who fled their homies;. In addition fo urivatr resiences, the arca <-de the junior and .senior uuschîcols, a lîook and lad- der fixe houise, a liotel. a, shirt fac- tory, a packîmy' plant and nurnerolis smialler bsx-splaces. "Mie enirhischool building is crackincLD now,' Alinsky reported at 8.30 axa ie r H scrib-ed tic sehool as a two-storey brick structure and said laxcge cracks wcre appeartng in variau5s part s of thse building. Thc chief said tihe etliîîg "pro- babl.v 'iouid continue nîost of tic Ydfl NOl hAVE WVAR UNFiSIIfB PRSTELLS Usé Indepenclence of Natior Must be Established Befoîi Pea-ce Restored Paris. .Marchi 5. - In apparent anticipa ltin0f ticarrivai here, proba.bly 'nI'ursday, of Sumner Wel- les, Pre.ident Rooseveit 's special en- voy, Frenci informants- asscrted that fie ver must go fa a finish. Tie question, as tiey put if, is wieticr Gcrmany is ta establisi a iegemony in Central Europe or tue Allies are fa force re-esteblishnient o! tic indepen dence of nations. Accorcling ta reports icre, Adoîf Hitier told WeUles fliat if thc Allies do nof giv,,e in, a war of uriprece- dcnted horron niust result. French informantb said fhiaf six months ago -this country took tic decision to fact fiat isk. Recurrent repcrts were clrculated' f hat Germanxy's lightnlng war was about fa sf art. This timne the date mentioncd wa~s Merci 15. l1ie French scemecl fer-from canviniced fiat ti report was nof part of tic "war of nerves," and ticre was no èevidence fiat if iad made any im- pression. Tric serenif y of French "acrves'" lmias eyer betn more ap- Y THE WHITJ3Y GAZETi1 AND CHRONICL., WEDNEDAY, MARCH 69 1940 paret that it is now. France sei- -1939 Sales of Radio T I UIIA>I edready for axiy llghtning wlr - eILpIUN UUU niucli more ready Vian It was six Receivhzg Sets Increasei thUU~ niontbs ago wien it wau assumed, that such a war wculd corne at Ottawa, Marci .-Production O. u I 1 numbere 348,507l valued at $8,878,- SALES -OF NEW MOTOR VEHICLES 1130 at factory seiung prices agalnst Air ind Naval Units Co- Tr 242 721 sets at $8,801,981 ini 1938. OptIê NthMltr Ottawa, Mardi 5.-New motor ve-w hidle sales in Januiry 1940, sur- Mnufarctr urs'sale9e39 blhed a0,-Off icias passeci those of any January for'568 sets were sold compared vith ti whlch records are available, and 1251,259 in 1939. Ontario took 41.6 Landan, Match 5.-Inspired by ei were 50 per cent., i nnuniber and I per cent. of the 1939 sales; Quéebec elrlasedtisofhern- 52 per cent. in value above January, 119.4 Per cent.; Manitoba, 10.8; Bni- npor latd ea of tliorgna e.P t rans- 1939. Sales ini January this year tisi Columbia, 7.7; Maritimes, 7.2; partthe rignal B.f.tara rtne numbered 8,919 units witi a retail Saskatchewan, 6.8, and Aberta, 65 vale o $1,07,96 cmpaedwith per cent. Imponts of radio eiv are toasting as "well done" the fl 5,935 netailing for $6,622.863 -n Janu- jing sets during the yean totalled 59, mighty feat completed without a c ary, 1939.' The nine per cent. de- 1809 appraised at $1,017,673 and of casualty. ti crease between December 1939 and! this total 48,652 sets were admitted Tiey knew last f al that 158,00 t] January this year was considerably free of duty under special candi- men, 25,000 vehiclee and 140,000 e less than the usual seasonal drop. tions. tons of stores had been taken ta c LITTLE ANNIE ROONIE GO TO SCMOOLAN' TLL 6TWDI'AY AW' 1 Wffl S E LATE- AMI-. "GEE, zERo.. 1514T r5WELL ? LOT5A KID5 KNOW HOW -ro Si4INE - 5140ES - BUT 1 GUE55 'm -IHE O1ILY LEra-POLl5HEM IM THE 1 GS~55 MR 1-LPPY HAS MORE LEGS T1A4 AWYBODY ELSE HAS ,H5 mi6 eRi181E PW~UD OFIEM AM' LOVE'EM JLJ$T I.IKE TIEY WERE MIUS .REALLY, TRULY LEG5 rance by the 33rd day cf the wu l city -ad viihierabllity WaU resched ut were told notling of thie worlc' md'at a few ports f acilties wr hat- vent on behind the scne t quietly impr>ved. asure the success of tats move- D<eVbee Ment. A "road part3l" 'r0ve the vebiCleis It vas a glant's task compared te the "mnechanleal transport" Port vith the admlttedly tougli 1914 Job. ~ini England,. crassed On VarlOuS rhe mnechanization cf tie army and sliPs te the same French Port and ie potential air danger compli- drove the vebicles ta Ras5se!blY sted the problern but so effective area In the interior of Prance. 'rue Pas the co-operation cf air and 14personner, or "rail partyp traveled iaval units with army authorities tight ta France by thie lOrtest ýhat no hostile interference was route, crossing fromi a "ipersonnel Dncotintered. port," and rejoined the vehicles in Every unit vais split into two the assembly ares., parte. --one went tu a port for In somne cases, part or ail cf the Personnel" and -the other to one ieavy -equlpment of, the unit« had* for "vehicles."1 Ports on bath sides te ho shipped separately tirgugh a of the chainel were reconnoitred third "stores" -port. these types of mititary traffic and In frazning- the movenient, tables lhe nuiber of siipping berths that -authorities had to conside? sueli could be withdrawn from commer- things as priorty cof movemient of cial use. Some idea of their capa- administrative units and fighifg troaçlsan. priIr ~Ybalancecf1liIght' with regead to their sutability for snd Ileavy ,vehicles tê nsIre eco- nbmui~cIl lpadlflg cf higps. A §tores- sipmeft prog1r81U w85 woied out for maintenance of the B.E.F. a3 It arrved ini FranIce and to build up reseves syL'ast 'as possible. 'Ashamed' of Town Hall côuncîl'Orders Repairs atIings, March 5. - Te town bail lere is in for extenfsive rede- coration and a new hardwood floor- as a resut of a delegation, which wited on council, and urgeci t1i need for suci a move.- Before the meeting was over James'Calberry, Hastings contrac tor. was awarded the labor, at. a cost tothietowflof$360. 13yBrandonl Walsh f - F- vERY -tIME. t GU GA CHANCE - 1 5NEAJ< SMI AM' MAKE'EM LOOK I ' 115 WTCA FUI,4,TDQ) IT MAI<ES MF, FEEL GI.AD ALOVEI ee ABLE -rT O O METWNcFOR MRQ HAPPY2'ýCAUSE 14E5 ALWAY5 DOIN' LOTS&A t4CE *7141W - rSPORME À BUT WHEN THE .T«EACHEZ ASKS MEF «TO 5PEI-L 50ME WVP.D T1-AT I1 THOUGI4T 1 KMEW MU~T.. 1 SPELL 17 WPONG - AM' IT MAKE.6 ME FEEk'IAIt- BT -E -TEACWHE215 iGPAM4D -5SE 5!Z STUDY WT~ME MORE AN' PPETTY LOON I'LLGET Ir IGMT- Hf- 5E1. 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