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October 29, 1940.
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·U, S. OUTPOST-Plobisite on whether or not to ask for statehood in United States will be taken in Hawaii Nov. 5. Poll is sponsored by U. S, government after many appeals by territorial loaders, Above, midwinter scono at famous Waikiki beach, Honolulu.
British Troops Land On Greek Island
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pears directed against Florina, near the principal pass leading out of the Albanian mountains. Greek troops
line and have even advanced at one point inta Albania.
OF MICE AND MEN" e resisting stubbornly all long the
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ANN SHERIDAN · GEORGE BANCROFT
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LOSS OF DESTROYER
Formerly On China Station
Ollawn, Oct. 28.
Pope Plays Part
With Prayers Special Day Nominated
VATICAN CITY, Oct. 28 (UP).- set His Holiness the Pope has November 14 as an extraordinary day of prayer during which he will preach instruction to the world, re- cite a special mass at St. Peter's Basilica and exhort God to
to grant the world three blessings: irstly, salvation of the souls of war victims;; secondly, aid to war prisoners and refugees; and, thirdly, a return of true peace to the whole world.
The loss of the destroyer Margurce The Italians also appear to be (formerly HMS. Diana) with 140 making ની second thrust towards officers and men was announced by Epirus,
the Noval Service Headquarters to Italian troops in Albania, about day. It is believed that 31 men were 180.000, are equipped with 250 tanks, saved.
Comparative Strengths
The.Marguree went down in the LONDON, Oct. 28 (Reuter).-The North Atlantic submarine zone after 1ision during the evacuation opera- was the most Hollans have now in Albania ten or collision with a large merchant ship tlons, The Margured eleven divisions and some auxiliary on the night of October. Neither recently commissioned destroyer in troops numbering 200,000 altogether, vessel had Üghts.-Reuter,
the Canadian Navy and was, turned; "Reuter learns in authoritative
over by Britain to replace the Fraser. United Press adds quarters In London.
that the Mar- Only 31 are known to have been Foodstuffs and communications gurce is the Canadian fleet's second saved. have been prepared in order to avoid revere loss since the war began. In reliance on sen communications and June the Fraser went to the bottom! The Diana was formerly on the It is known that there has been con-off Bordeaux when she was in a col-China Station.
siderable road construction near the
frontier in readiness for an advance.
The biggest concentration of troops
Is at Argyrocastro and the
largest at Koritza.
Double Advance
second
that
It would. therefore, appear the Italians are planning o double advance, the first along a line parallel to the coast and to the west of Janina with that town as the inain objective, i and the recond from Koritza towards
Salonika.
The Janina route offers few natural difficulties and it is believed will be less strongly defended, whereas the advance from Koritza would encoun- ter mountain-barriers-and-the-Greek Army's main defence line.
On the other hand it would con- stitute a more formidable threat to Greece, The Greek land army is h competent nighting force and likely lo give a good account of itself, but It suffers from a shortage of modern equipment while the Greek air force is weak in numbers.
Empress Of Britain's Gallant Fate
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to the lifeboats before the liner' was completely ablaze from stein to stern.
The last prople were taken off some six hours after the attack...
No Panic
In the meantime there was no panle. a number of women and children calmly obeying Instructions to remain until the time to leave.
The youngest passenger was a baby boy of il months who was strapped to a sailor's back.
the
Captain Charles Sapsworth, commander, stood on the bridge encouraging his Runners ha they battled with the raider unil all were killed or wounded and the guns were out of action.
Captain Sapsworth is believed to be umong the survivors.
Rafts From Doors
The crew minde rafts out of cabin doors in case the boats proved in- sumcient.
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A member of the crew. declared that the raider machine-gunned the THE parsengers after the ship's anti- pireraft guns were out of nellon. He praised the women 'stewarda who, hei Bald, behaved marvellously.
An R.A.F. mùn repaired the damag ed engine of a lifeboat and this was used to tug heavy lifeboats from place to place picking up survivors, while a navel offcer aboard the liner led a party of men through flames and sinoke 10 lower a lifeboat which saved many lives.
A Britleh. flying boat spotted the blazing liner and brought warships to the rescue.
GOVERNOR ENTERTAINED
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