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. p _ Catholic Church At St. Georges Burned

Destructive Blaze Broke Out Yesterday Momma: Builqilg Was so Years 01a.

The Roman Catholic Church at 8t. Georges in Kl ‘s Oounty was completely destroyc by fire early yesterday morning.

The blaze was discovered about T a.m. by the church Janitor, it was learned. At that time fire had already gained considerable head- way on the roof. A stiff breeze fanned the flames and although parishioners gathered quicklv it was soon seen that the church was doomed.

Efforts were successful in pre- venting the fire spreading to other buildings. however, including the parochial house.

The church was burned to the

Meatless Tuesdays Expected Soon

UITAWA. April 25—(CP)— Meatless Tuesdays in restaurants and boarding houses are expected to be announced within a few days hi‘ the Prices Board,

It W“ understood m official cir- °1°5 will)’ that Tuesday has been lflflrtcd u the day on which those Dfliroulr-iul public eatln places will have to get along wit out meat

“d it l5 eXDccted a formal Board ground in a comparatively short wit}; will be issued in time to have time, 4° l“ meatless Tuesday on May Amount- oi’ the loss was not i_~—-—— e u g was .e rs -; A leirihwdb ildin u. n t m» DIPHTHERIA IN GERMANY lmnn Catholic Cilu-rch at Si.‘ Georzes. An earlier church in the;

LONDON -(OP)- There has Pee" R hi8 increase in the preva- cnce of diphtheria in Germany ac- mgllll to available information

parish was at Launrhinc. not far away. ‘The burned building had been built about 80 years ago while the late Rlev. Francis MacDonald was oeriih priest. Rev. Bennett MacDonald in the present priest.

Father MacDonald said lest nizht that. while it was not known for certain. it was thouct-lt that a spark on the wooden roof started tl~~ destructive blnre.

lioming Events

While it was not learned official-l

“n” ly itmwzs expehcxtfizt that tlltlgrghurch‘ tin-r n V . "looting orders m: oats Al. W“ ° N "y ' York. ml Cook. 4-28-I8-3i.

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British Church Bells liing Out Easter Message

"Freetown -. 1mm“ _ Free National Film

wrogrers o! thrust tofiermeny ‘ I .

gang. movies. 1' . _ ‘ii ‘ n m‘ mums. April 2e -<or>- m.

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Where will the allies strike? This is the question troubling the axis and puzzling the world as the mm for invasion draws ‘WEEK. The map shows some of the potential mvasion routes the allies may use in attacking axis

Europe.

Explosion Scare in N.Y.

NEW YORK. April ill-MP)- Residents near the waterfront: in Brooklyn, Staten Island and New Jersey areas breathed easier to- clay with a nnvy announcement that an explosive-laden vessel I5 resting on the bottom of New York barber's upper bay off Bayonne. N-

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Radio listeners in the area were startled Saturday night by an nn- nouncement, rrmlested by the New York Police Department, wurninz them to keep their windows open because of the threat of an 014910- slon. A short time later. however. Rear Admiral Stanley V. Parker. United States Coast Guard, cap- tain of the port of New York, an- nounced that the danger was past.

He said the vessel. which had caught fire from unexplained causes early in the evening, had been removed from further up "W buy to anchorage and that N"! York municipal fire boats, coast guflrtl fire boats. commercial and government tugs and small craft suchened m flooding the shin and sending it to the bottom. F01‘ B w", peyrglemn products bubbled, burning, w the surface. but the navy said today, all damsel‘ W" apparently pest shortly after 9.80 1101-.

17,500 Strikers Return To Work

WINDSOR, Ont. April 87ft?) pnployees 0i the Mid Motor Oom-

pmy of Canada voted teeny to re- '

turn to work at midnight ending a shutdown ofthe plant which had ued up five industries in the Wind- sor unmet wihh loss of employment to about 17.500 men.

B0! MIG Md I01‘ I 0i Q0711! n‘ l James l-lallcmfilumliigrfiedidnummsk lnvashnwlthe ohurchnbells of Bil-l mdfiulgwfi“ "ma"? 02y‘; “ma” "mil" ' 4'34"“ mm n" m“ m‘ “M” mmm“ laborth livhrliers with breach oi dis- ___ through citry streets and across me 5mg ° i i eeoon-n Bum p" u‘ [mm ‘um “d”, "d". W“ _ [cipliilo and the counter-morning o gal; a-act oley in ‘Ihecadi: Hell Roi eiaoe fell of thence. ex‘; , L2:-g:g:%“' ‘Mafia’; er. Aprllao. Dance efte ls . oeebrete e 8th Arm l - e-ee-ai-ge-li at: wthlsvelnbege ‘fluctuate ‘last l gin $18 gymujxciélf°pflmmmfiff f: "n. - ' bitreiion of rrievancee flartsvilieMtlltgngfcx-hyl" r ‘iineulfi w“ lawn“ d?“ Mfiguflmif jtesum tlon of work st me would lhrteville Hell Wednoedo lied r orm their venerable 51'1"? a “i 15°” “nphw” M“ 38th at. a o'clock. Ango; {in n- ‘elation. perilous day; of other flmis which were forced to u‘. hflgfif‘ ‘_%_g|_ 9” "m "u fl u] c1093 bedlllfl 0f H‘! Ibltlmlhlllllarnll "medias Fig-er Davie er “m ‘ m?‘ ' ‘$5.2m... rfimeeo: been. llu - '_'"""""""" cl 'Bri‘ oompen’ " m‘ a,’ m a ur. odnee UNNY gal; all." gnu”, :86: “a

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Amend National Selective Service

m Regulations

OTTAWA, April 25——(CPl—- Labor Minister Mitchell sn- nounccd tonight that two reo- ent urders-lu-council amend- ing National Selective Service regulations empower him to ortior employers in specified industries to discontinue cm- ploylng persons in age classes designated for military train- ing after a specified date, un- less a. s ecial permit to do so il ohtuineg.

For the present, he said, per- sons who have their discharge from the armed forces will not be compuieoriiy directed to ni- ternativc employment. If, how- ever, they are enzaied in low priority industry, they will be encouraged to obtain employ- ment in high priority industry.

The amendments tn the rog- latluns provide the procedure for the compulsory transfer for less essential to more cs- sential employment, Including farm labor, of men aye roups designated under mob- llzation regulations '-' time! from 19 to 45 years of age, in- elusive.

(Married men between l9 and 25 years of axe. Inclusive. Including those who are child- less widowers, divorced or JI- dicillly separated, now are be- ing called up also.)

Tow 41,ooo.ooo The population of En land was about 2.500000 in the 4th cen- i915’.

War Situation Last

:-_- B)’ CARL C. CRANAIEII Associated Pres: War Analyst

Thle allied air offensive from Britain may not only pave the way for flu“ i" "i! . ll ll ', said, it may also make the invasion necessary.

One of the reasons for the German invasion of the Netherlands and Belgium and the thrust to the French coast in I940 was in seize the sir bases from which to bomb Britain effectively,

Now that the War is going the other way it becomes more urgent ouch day that the ulllies establish bases on the continent from which to bomb Germany with greater effect.

Germany is repored to have made considerable effort to transfer ‘"5519 him“ "Y ""51 WI!‘ illflllsirv to eastern regions including Poland and Czccho-Shvflkiil. I process that has been haste-fined by bombing industries out of their old plants and burning the worker; we o; phen- old hornee.

o" "W 11-"- MK "ill. U" hllhi. of April 16 on the Skoda armament. $22K! at; in Creche-Slovakia and other targets in southern Ger-

i’. f - - . and R.C.A.I". lost a record of 55 planes in the l,400-mlle round trip. -

The question of whether Germany m“ he [mmbed o“; of ‘h, w“ from British bases becomes more dehétohle m,“ “eh ' ‘hlcihlfirli: s"! arltghie is)! tsle war which concern! neutral Sweden 3m]

— 8 up o un ay broadcast of Eduard Bones, president of (Jacobo-Slovakia, who told his countrymen that in a few wcaks “a vast assault in Italy will begin. You must expect an assault on the continent, i" "l" "hm Msllllerrflncfln area. in the nurh and in the west v must expect a vast new Russian assault and a new and even _ fiche-g bombing of, Germany and new and surprising political events." v

Whether or not the allied Strategic comm" i; a huge Dime" “om northern and southern Europe, the fact remains that the came bo b "m"! m" 550 "ilk! from London to Berlin can reach nearly all ofnlioir and a c h -s| i . - ' Iwmflslzumfifl érweéigra-ka. 1nd all but the southern part of Germany

Th Some luch thought must enter Hitler's mind p, 1| ders the un- usually brush note from u s e pa“ measures In m“! ca!" m ‘lfielrgtecrrlemggituoef’ "Sellsldtergitllyreattlei-iing suitable Swedish submarine Drake" by i‘ German Shift There aree lisrlilfgfitrqhfhto that German mines ma ha" h d ' .,' .~ .1. m S ‘he Swedish submarineyvlvé: inanssdrnwcrthargietg. do uilh the sinking of

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places Fem)‘ man‘ "m" °| '35‘ 41181181‘! Canadian-led r "s remedied speedily, it is rcpurled,

P395. but Italy might be a useful bomhin I‘ threat rennet the Balkans» Aitiicurance of victorious allies 1|- be almost certain to set in train the series 9| "will!" ill the Balkans which Bones predicts

Greatest Financial TaQ/I

Canada Has Ever Faced

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as Dicppe on the aid. That lack is he- Invusion of Italy apparently lends l0 a dead end street at B

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NORTH AFRICA

Fierce Battle

Heavy Fighting Germans Resist Losing Ground.

By WES GALLAGHER

NORTH AFRICA, April 25—(AP)— French troops have seized Djebel Mansour, strategic hill position l0 miles southwest of Pont Du Fans. the French announced today, while allied armor and infantry kept hammering at German positions all along the mountamous, i40- mile Tunisian front.

Diebel Mansour, scene of bloody flgh ing earlier in the Tunisian campaign was evacuated by the Germans under “lively pressure" from French troops intensified in ‘the last 24 hours, a French com- munique said. One spokesman said it. might be the first. indications that the Gennane were starting evacuation of their southern posi- tions. The hill is the key to high defences the Germans held on the northern end of the Grand Bocsl which formed a salient into allied- held territory.

North of this French advance, Gen. Sir Harold Alexander has thrown British arnldrinto a savage battle with two German tank di- visions southeost of Goubelist, a headquarters spokesman said.

(The . in a broadcast corded in New York by CBS, said that the 8th Army on the Nazi southern front has forced a new advance, driving along the coastal plain "for about l2 miles from En- fldaville, and now is within striking distance of Bou Fiche."

(The Gannon-controlled Pu- ris radio said Allied tank es- saults by the 1st Army on e “gigantic scale" had driven wedges into the Axis lines. Lt..-

O’I'I‘AWA, April 25—fCP)—Thcir organization sed for the greatest financial un ertnking Canada has ever faced Victory Loan workers throughout Canada start their drive toward a 51.100.000.000 0b- Jectlve Monday.

Finance Minister Ilslcy in state- ments and addresses preparatory to the three-week campaign has laid emphasis on the contribution necessary from private individuals to make the loan a success.

For the first time the total min- imum objective has been divided t0 provide a separate objective for individual subscribers. The "spe- cial names list" generally purchas- ers of $25,000 or more in bonds, are expected to buy $600,003,000 0f the

~dig Victory Loan Program llcrc Today

Today, marking the opening the Fourth Victory Loan, is a

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us 30 this uftcrnon.

The National War Finance Cum- mittee in charge of the loan chimp- uicn is locking to private individ- uals for the remaining $500,000,000, a target which Mr. Ilsley says is essential to the success of the

loan.

In the third Victory Loan 2,000.- 000 individual subscribers made purchases which totalled $Zl75.0?0_- 000. In the fourth loan it will be necessary for half these subscrib- ers to double their purchases and for workers to find another 1.000,- 00) subscribers, Mr. Ilslcy says.

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will leave the urmourles

Queen, Pluston, Prince mwnd SlrcctsThe

Lieutenant Governor B.W. Page will take the salute in fron of the Charlottetown Hotel.

At the Square brief addresse will be given by

bell. Mayor Hon. Dr, W J P MacMlllan.

Nazis Back Tokyo Action

the Red Cross Co

However. the broadcast recorded by The Associated Press di not

indicate that Germany is planning

hie drive swings into action with n

Qack the Attack W111i fietezrBo s

LAIIA‘

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to take similar e .

is passed.

10 More Axis Ships Sunk

Admiralty announced

destroyed or damage submarines o

were hoard from both.

big day for canvasscrs and subscribers‘ ultkc. The drive here is to be of-t

ceremony , scheduled for Market Square at 3.-

A mammoth parade, one of the sccn in Chnrlottctotvn will plueede the actual ceremony at the Square. The victory loan parade at 3 o‘- clnck sharp. The route of march to the Square will be by way of Kent, and Rich- rcturn march Will be by Queen and Kent Streets.

Taking part in the parade will be servicemen, cadets and members of

rps. Prior to the public ceremony at the square Premier Campbell will

Not. only in Charlottetown but in , every district of the Province the

let up until the minimum objective

LONDON, April 25—(CPl-The Saturday that 10 more Axis shi had been ,GOCIIPQS its navy will take mus-

ziwby British l urea against any German laying mines In Swedish territor-

rating against en- ial waters and take steps a ainst

emy supply Ines in the Mediter-

convoy prevented direct observation of the results of the torpedo hits bombers strike at weak airdrome. on these two vessels the commun- ique said. but breaking-up nollol

Four other ships listed as dem- aped were. also believed to have China, as early as the second cen- Imk later, the Admiralty declared.

Gen. Kenneth Anderson, 1st. Army "l". is "throwing masses of tanks into the

fighting," this broadcast said.)

The French reported th are advancing farther eestwar from Djcbel Mansour in conjunction with 8th Army troops, in the mountains, dominating the Pont Du Fahs gap. One petrol capt/ured 10 Italians, the communique said.

While all the important spear- heads in the Allied semicircle made gains toward Tunis and Blzerte a- gainst Gennans ordered to fight to their last bullet, 14 German tanks were destroyed in the tangled en-

agensent with the l0th and 15m German armored divisions in the sector below Medjez-El-Bwb, where the 1st Army advanced in two col- umns to eight miles east of Gou- bellat and to Dlebel Fouane. l0 miles southwest of Goulbellat.

Gennan bombers, fighters and anti-tank planes were thrown into the hectic struggle, which lasted all day yesterday and last night and the spokesman said it was not clear what sltionshad been won or lost by t e opposing forces.

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INTERNATIONAL

Govfinor, Premier Thane ‘A. Camp- B. Roy Holman and

AT A GLANCE

Tunisian-French troop: seize strategic hill position l0 miles from Pnnt Du Fairs while British

mkc art in a victory loan program M g e weekly megflng 0g ghp 1st arm advances in two columns __ Rotary Club. Representatives of to with" cirht ml"! "l “WW; NEW YORK, April 25—lAP)— other clubs and rrhiemhi organ- IM in battle which destroy! 1 ghielBglln radio tonight quoted {Jf- izntionshwlll also attcntth 1 b u Gfml"! ""h- ¢ R Efmln sources as say n3 But t e canvssscrs, w use ,0 that they backed Japan's ex- to sell people of this Province Russia-lantern seize rocky ecutlon of American airmen who bonds totalling at least ezsooooo mountains rlmminl Blflk S" i'°"'- raided Tokyo. will be on the lob elirlv in the day. of Novoroeeldr where Germ“!

have been tryinr to launch offen- sive.

Western Front-British and (‘a- nndinn pilot: rolrn northern flur- ope, bombing and strafing Germ- any's transportation system and

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hitting nine barges In canal near

Bruges, Belgium.

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To Germany’s Transport Lines

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LONDON, April 25 ——((‘P)—- British and Canadian pilot! roamed Nnzi-occilpicil Europe today, carrying new Iilllllsit- ment to Germany's transpor- tatlon system with bumhiilg Ind strafing attacks on rnii and canal facilities.

Henrik-st damage was done in n Bclqinn canal near ifvrugos vrhcrc at ions! nine itawcvs WPrQ hit. tit-st of Ghoul 2t lllcomofivc was rlrstrnvl-Il nnrl another (lamzlgcd. The Allie! lost two pianos.

Among thr- pilots scoring: hits on rallnnv traffic Was f-‘O. George rllr-(ilizrt- nf I ‘dun, OhL, who f‘(‘]'lIl"4l L.’ hi! a train.

The (icrlnzms in their iuru

ve London s hrlef nlcrt lust

efore dawn but droppcri no bombs. Anti-aircraft fl"- l dn“‘n(\d “m. nnomv plflrw rind 1 lpfmrrnllv flfllnzl" ll IlflUllltW‘. N» lmmlts l\-\.\'r~ horn did-TWIN] on the city siiicr- inst ’l‘nv<vl1\." when. n few lanrlrtl in llif‘ out- aklrtl.

iNorhoro Boy llnjurcd At lKcnsington

Aubrey Bowness, lo, o! .\ is in the Prince Cutuliy Hos‘, Qummerside with serious 1n; following a highway accrue:

Kensinizton. The boy was rid‘- when he nus in <-

oi O'- - . son -: the

car driven by A. .\ l’. Leary. The bu? \ distance and loll pavement.

His llijllfiFS \\‘4"re concussion Ami a ’ dot‘. Last mulv >~ me accident ho use = sclous.

Hg 15 g 50h of Ml‘. Hnrrj." l‘. of Norboro. The nockloht near a sham turn l‘ in the tmm of h

A (loot) Roi-r. Foe Auftnsfs ls ‘to DRNE As u= THEY went.

'bAc\-< ‘sum’ “ pawins

High lifl!‘ tins and mmorrvnv um Sun sols tine owl

Burma — American bombers , . _. , ‘ dump l0 toils nf explosive on 1A,. tn where a-pancse are 1m. n; M,“

Bweden- Swedish Governmen