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FIRM BUYS GRAF SPEE WRECK MONTEVIDEO, Feb. 29 (Reuter)

THE RISK -It was stated in shipping circles

here yesterday that the wreck of

MONTREAL, Feb. 29 (Renter)the Gruf Spee has been sold by Some 120 Canadian ship officers the German authorities to 21. and seamen are being recruited | Argentine steel firm.

by two United States oil com-

panies to all their tankers

through belligerent waters, reports from the United States Guvern- the Montreal Herald, "

HIGHER WAGES

ment's restrictions on Americans [trading in belligerent waters, the

paper states.

Recruiting is said to have been

AEROPLANE FUEL revealed when officials of the Cana dlan Seamens Union in Montreal The companies concerned are admitted that they had been ap- said to be registering their vessels proached to obtain men. Wages 25 under the Norwegian and Panama per cent, above normal are" said Flags in "order continue shipping.

the highest grade neroplanie fuel. to have been offered.

Recruiting in Canada results to Europe.

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GENERAL

PREMIER'S APPEAL TO FARMERS

Home Production Of Food

Must Be Stimulated

LONDON, Feb, 29 (Router) An appeal for stimulation of agricultural products was made by Mr Chamberlain, in addressing the Chairmen of the County War Agricultural Executive Committer yesterday afternoon.

"We are turning the country into a huge armaments workshop, thereby placing a strain upon shipping which did not exist in peace- iime," said the Premier,

The Premier declared: "Our) shipping losses, though sub- stantial, compare in trifling p:o- porting to the volume of our ship- ping. It necessary to sdopt which add measures

to their safety, but which are not, in them- velves, economic.

THE WAY OUT

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shipping at our disposal, another

LONDON, Feb. 29 (Reuter) 1mi.ing factor in importation is vur resources in foreign exchange. Following Mr. Churchill's brillant The way out of the dilemma is to speech on the Navy. Vote in the increase home production of food. House of Commons' on Tuesday, "Some venerable prophets of Mr. Geoffrey Shakespeare, Parita- agriculture say that the Governmentary, Financial Secretary to."

Admiralty, gave members ment's programme of two-million the acres is much too low a figure, but some details of the spirit of the two-million was chosen as the Royal Navy. higher figure we thought was ob tainable the time.

HIS MECCA

He told of one ship, which, be- The programme has been tore Christmas," was looking for handleapped by weather, but it the Deutschland. One night" a should still be possible to attain light was seen on the horizon that this programme if everybody puts might have been their quarry, his hack into it." -

Every man on board rushed to The War Cabinet would be be-points of vantage. hind the farmers in their effort A fifteen-year-old Maitese sea- and the Premier said he had asked man, who was soaking in a hot bath the Lord Privy Seal to identify at the time, rushed up as he was himself personally with the cam on to deck, where the temperature paign.

was around 20 degree Fah. He stood on the pom-pom deck to look at what to him, was the mecca of his dreams.

DEFINITE ASSURANCE" Referring to reports that some farmers were hesitating to con- tract for sugar beet, because they were afraid there would be insuf- ficient labour to deal with the crops. Mr. Chamberlain gave a definite assurance that the Government would take whatever steps were necessary to see that the crops, when grown, are harvested:

CREWS RESPONSE.

In another case, a warship put Into port for repairs. She had 350 tons of ballast on board and this had to be moved.

The captain told that it would take 24 hours. The ship could not afford to walt that long, so the cap- The Premier also gave an em-tain appealed to his crew. Led by phatic denial to any idea that the Chaplain, they got to work on farmers would be treated any the ballast and moved it all in 14 worse than industrial factories. hours.

There was a limit to the amount that can be spent in subsidies and it was essential to keep away from the vicions spiral in which prices and wages go chasing each other. Regarding the position after the Chamberlain declared war, Mr. that the Government was deter- mined, if they were still in..office, that agriculture should not be allowed to collapse as it did last time.

ITALY BANS JEWS FROM PROFESSION

ROME, Feb. 29 (Renter)- From Mar. 1, Jews' will be excluded from most profes- sions. such

journalists.

doctors, chemists, lawyers, ac- countants and engineers. Some of the exempted may offer their services solely to members of their own race,

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GROWLING LESS, PURRING MORE

Nazi Attitude To

U.S. Changes

PARIS, Feb. 29 (Reuter)-Mr.' Summer Welles, President Roose- velt's Personal European Observer, is now on his way to Berlin from Kome. He stopped over at Swit- zerland on Tuesday,

NAZI PRESS & RADIO

On the eve of his arrival in Ber- lin, the German press and radio. are whipping up a desperate anti- British campaign, trying to make out that peace is impossible while British terror remains."

Commenting on this, French newspapers are of the opinion that the German' press has chang- ed ita tune towards the United States and are now growling less: and purring more.

CHEERED BY SWISS ZURICH, Feb. 29 (Reuter)—Mr. Sumner Welles arrived here yes:

terday afternoon and was cheered in the station by a crowd of about 1,000 people.

He drove straight to his hotel and he will have no oficial con- tact with members of the Swiss Government during his stay here.

He was expected to leave for Berlin this afternoon.

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PRESS COMMENT ON MR. CHURCHILL'S

SPEECH

LONDON, Feb. 23 (Benter)- Mr. Churchill's Navy Vote 'speech on Tuesday was the subject of press comment as expected.

NOT COMPLACENT

The Yorkshire Post says that the speech was vigorous and con- fident, but not for one moment complacent.

The Daily Telegraph stresses Mr. Churchill's remarks that he was wrong when he said that Germany was bullding two W-Boats a week. Germany may reach that figure in the future, but she had not done so up to the end of 1939. whereas we are maintaining our gure of destroying two to four a week.

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GRATITUDE TO NAVY

'The Yorkshire Post, however, probably best Stama

the opinions of the British press when it concludes its leading article by remarking: "No one can read Mr. Churchill's speech without feeling heartfelt gratitude to our saflors of every rank and grade. It is certain that we shall bave much further cause for grati- tude before the year is out."

Less Whiskey Manufacture In Britain

LONDON, Feb. 29 (Reute?)~~~~The smount of whiskey and other potable spirits to be manufactured in Britain this year will be limit- ed to one-third of last year's out- pat. This was announced in the House of Commons yesterday by the Minister of Food.

CEREAL SHORTAGE

He explained that the restriction was due to the shortage of cereals and animal feeding stuffs.

be affected for

The supply of whiskey' will not some years to come, because of the present large stocks, and prices will remain in-

changed

As much beer will be brewed.as last year, although the amount of sugar must not be over 70 per cent of normal requirements. Cereals will be available to meet any deficiencies.

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