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¢q||u, Two Collie M °""‘""' _ _ l-OTTETOWN. CANADA, WEDNESDAY, MAY 6,1942 8 PAGES ‘s2".:'...‘."i'."."titlditifilfl.:°..”3........a...

RAP

,,____ WASHINGTON. Mlv 5-H?)- m Un.ted sister Army announ-

- n1 t , t the Japanese had gilt}? flgqlllfillg attack" on Cor- Miu-Or, grid Washington feared

reskstctice of the defend-

t "g both fccd and am- cn and under constant bom- ent, had about reached its

did. The army communique did not

what the prospects were. It it »tr grim. one-

. ieni that the assault

s at midnight Tucs-

dll- M ' - J- iteilimiih _. ' but hint of its trend 0r

M‘? was no (acme. i ‘r11 of 7.000 men or_more are ' u to be on Cortegidpr and r i d forts in Marrla Boy. ii tlzcre was :10 official word r tile number. The defenders tn- tlited both Americans and Fill- ‘is. “the attack followed a day which or the i-o: n. fortress trirgicd 13 times. and almost con- linii for a period cf five hours. iinlv the landing attempt frcm ncarry Bataan

an epic re but inevitable defeat

mks are

lmczrncd opin’on in armv quart- mwas ‘at Liz-Gen. Jonathan W‘ ivrigtii and lfs men on Cor- cr "u. not hold out much h. rit only has the fort been ii ~ia

‘(Contiiihcd on page o‘ 001.3)

tcming Events

—o— Netti-en in this l cents per word

“Play-Mt. Stewart Legion Hall Friday. , 5-5-31.

Ilil for nolnml

"Bean Supper and Dance. Iona llili, Thursday. May 7th. 5-5-21.

"Talkies — Montague Saturday‘ “Andy Hardy's Private Secretary’ Iiih Mickey Rooney. 5-5-31.

"Dance at Tyrone Thursday, "it 7. Proceeds repairs telephone in. s- -2i. “To Arrive-Car of Bulk Feed Wheat. Briced right, off car. Book. WW. DlllOll do Spillett. 5-6-41.

f‘Dance in Alberfit Plains Hall. inlay. May 8th. usic by Drake "111 Inst 5-0-11. "Coal Brooder Stoves-Small ggllllll’ arrivin late this week. k now. Dll on 8a Bpiiietts

"Come one, come all. Baptist tlall. auction sale. Monday. May ll. ll orloc . 5-6-11.

“Sec st. Peter's layers in "An girl Fitsiiluiird Mot, ier" in floiy time Hall. St. Peikl"§, May Bill 1f “H1110. following Monday. 5-2-6.

"Rummage Sole. Saturday May 910-7 P. M. Saint Peters Cathedral 1""- e-za-a-a-a.

"Notice-Receiving live ho s as urglual lliis ireek Thursday, Albany. Grlilav Emerald. A. C. and G. .

sen. 4-30-Msy 1-0.

“finance in Emerald Hill Wed- chziv- May oiii, Mulligan’! 0r-

stra. Auspices C, W L. 4-30-31.

"fiufkinii hogs as usual for the ;‘,‘i'&“1¢1'tn%ilt1is. your! éio

~ ~ ‘@911. any an . .

“Mn. Etiierald. 5-0-7-1l-W-T-M-tf

“Until further notice I will be fvflglllu hugs to Charlottetown FFW-"iy. George Dingwell.

5- 421.

Bridge.

"Attention farmers Am booking agar: for eirr Feed Wheat. Arrive Iowenllfnglvn 12th. Choice qunlltv. m‘ Berger? cash. Russell paragon,

“Collecting h "om C l, ogs with truck filday‘ "alllclllccacfillld vicinity this

Resistance of fic-f-enders feared’ near end; Lack both food and ammunition.

Govt-owned Salvage Firm ls organized

orrawa, May ii - (or) - Fonnation of u suwmmen“ owned salvage company author- ized by order-ln-councl to "ao- quire and dispose of_wnsiie or used matter of all kinds" was announced tonllht b! Hnimw

iant. and women in

tion at the

plebiscite.

votes against on the question

idded to the

Announced Last night

80 Per Cent 01' Servic- es Vote On Yes Side Compared With 63 Per Cent 0f Civil-

OTTAWA, May Y- (CPL-Men

gave an emphatic echo to the “yes" rote of the civilian popula-

Tiie service personnel. at home and overseas polled 251,118 "yes"

government from pledges against co ipuisory overseas service,

fur recorded-WE polls still to re- port-tire service vote makes the result of the plebiscite stand at 2,921,206 "yes" to 1,608,609 “no".

Ill KELTETJ l"iiriiliaiiwifiiiiiiizaivilv izi auaiviii "Air-med Forces Vote 251%,; 18 Igt',gs,g_,6_Q,885 '__

Japanese Land Figures were On Corregidor

NC Fear Capture Of liepiiri ii, ii, |=_ Both British Arid’ a Raid °“ “dlm Chinese Troops

WarSituatiQn Last Night

(B? Kl-RKE L SIMPSON, Associated Press War Analyst.)

Britain's su rise move to seize control of the French lln d f 1'1- Mhdasosear or: c southeast coast of Africa has s rv d u. llshtu t}? M N" M“ kwphm‘ ' c ' gloom in United Nation capitals over the Allies’ llghet in Btglrntiean and Rflxog. lntibgtlii §eldgry§§nit°§§h§4§§§

island lnnin

CBflIl.

W

B11050

the armed forces

recent manpower

of releasing the .___.

civilian vote so

_ The emphatic nature of the re- Mgllisenlfiellflegcmpany win be spcnse of soldiers. sailors, air- known as warm.“ gnu" men and members of the womens L", and Wm opeme “mm. d“ goiter-med segvices is indicated

" | y the fact t at 80 per cent was rectum o‘ fl“ ‘nmme I" u" on tlic “yes" side. Only 63 per

and trade board.

President of the new oom- pany is Walter A. Bark of Tor- onto. former] an officer of "l0 Canadian Savage Corps over- seas during the first great war.

other members of the board of directors include:-

C. V. lloddcr, ndrnlnlirntor of waste paper (vice-president);

“yes“ vote than the Dominion.

Canada was B4

vice vote was '12 per vihile the service vote recorded in

cent of the civilians who marked their ballots April 2'7 voted "yes".

The men in the Canada were less emphatic for a.

forces outside

those stationed in The overseas ser- cent “yes" Co

per cent "yes".

S. Godfrey, administrator of Jules Castonguay, chief plebis- used goods (vice-president): cite officer announced the result Mn. V. Turner, adnilnts- of the service vote, recorded in hand trator cf olla and fate: L. llev- camps, training centres, air sta- Oman

In, representing the de nrtmcnl

tions, aboard ships

and in dock-

apnnese troop asaaultanon the Philippine island I O it I WW6 llrimnrlly n defensive mensu c to protect the long

gllrllfhgllizocczoiatfioilsiféirpgly for India and the eastern Mediterranean,

lies would have a naval and ab- ccntre capable of threatening the Jup-

ent, but unconfirmed, reports from Axis sources that heavy British and allélexilnn gggulnugitn have been moving into the Indian Ocean around

Thor is l i h ll Madagasgar oirgitlatglogfiltclnzalpltetgzizeeng he lava] regime at vlchy in the

BrziCzQECFQQA Ahead Ir. Madagascar Area

Vichy Governor elects to fight; Casualties

Associated Press Staff Writer

LONDON, May 5—(AP)--Brltlsh and Royal Marines moved upon Madagascars Diego suarez

base tonight in a swift incursion seeking to strike frcm the reaching

101' United Nations coup

ortress of Corregidiir. day on Gdynia, Baltic port where the German battleship Gneisenau is ""’ ‘““" i“.%°*r.2.:i:."i"i"“".i="a*".°’ri- e n e a ee '5 wou] m" “ton: $122051" xvii-l base ntuthlet ncrtllaern end of the dash through the Channel. I m Um , aue u we . wou mark the be- Ships and hay-boy jngrgifiiion; E o e ted Nations effort to drive Japan out of the Indian were blasted at the form: Polish ith Diego Suarez Bay, site of this baac. in British hands. the Al- Doilllnitlldfi gfrfiiil’ sglgalibatlitin?uiivan known here of this report.

Skoda arms

job 0f evacuating Troops

and refugee civilians.

NEW_DELHI. Mill’ 5—(CP)-—Officers returning from the frontier between India and Burma said tonight that. a rapid allied withdrawal is in progress in Burma and a apoklesmarfi blielre said it appeared likely a considerable num er o oi British d Ch' t ' , . tured by the Japanese. an mesa roops would h‘ cap

flank in the Bay of Bengal. In this connection, there are lnllgt.

the Mediterranean. U l i O I I

resident Roosevelifs recent warn-

ing that the United Nations are prepared 4o take any necess United S1 l. d . . . . . _ m _ ._ ary meas- _ a es an British operated airlines are doin 60,885 "no" vote! lagging event French wnrslflps and strategic colonial outposts from a "1881. dllClI” j0b 0f evacuating ‘I18 many IIOOpS an:

nto Axle hands.

refugee civilians as possible. _ Those being brought out we" children.

..:_-_r-_~_-1..—. .. ..__—

mostly women and

Plants bombed

By Noland Nor aard Seven planes of Pan-American Airways were diver-rm from m, Asifwlflled P755 5m! Wm“: China transport to the evacuation service and hauled out 1,200 person] LONDON. Mill’ 5~(AP)—-Giant b61011! the Japanese virtually surrounded the airfield from which they

new British bd-mbflfi 5m!“ deep were operating several miles north of Mandalay int; the heart of Germany and her These unarmed I I _ - _ panes are lying in broad daylight without escort

conquered states overnight. hurling _ bombs on both the skoda 2111b despite the presence of Japanese fighters hero, there and everywhere. reaching New Delhi _-=

fiov’t may take Over 50 per Gent of trucks

wnvurrao, May s-tcr) _. E. W. I. Keenleyside, assistant to Donald Gordon, chairman of

in landing Force said light. and 32,5111:lgfishggststmlm m said he did manage to find n i__ at)“; Bmkh Paul“ ‘tracked tomrnygun which he carried in

German airdrornes in France and m“ wckpll-

. h- 1 H Norway "But. if a_ Jap pilot‘ had got on grlrxzwl-iscllfillgfarlildp Hana;- squad- our tnii he dhave fixed us," he rczis s. d across to France _again Ellnnfid- this a terncon on new etniledllrl°lls~ Canadian pilots iook part in raids Grim Picture

on hl t in‘ , damaging two with

direzt lilo.‘ On the tortured battlefront the mere were gom- or mo“ sweeps picture was grim for the British

oivei- the Channel, the planes st- and Chinese forces.

tacking Zeebrugge, Belgium, and The Chinese 6th army on the

grunts in occupied France. Six eastern side of the Irrawaddy rltisn planes were lest and 1on1‘ was scattered in small pockets

By ‘pi-cw Middleton

Meeting of lied Gross Workers held

andos, regular infantrymen

naval oif the Axis a. vital Indian

position and effected a ma- the

of munitions and supp : Btnn- yards, over a period or nine days. _ - 1 - iey 0.0a i-egresiatbrllfiuézl: gontiikgry t? theoglggénfinlenltltln Kidd.“ struggle for mum-y a‘ Cawpalgn Start? mm we" shot down’ u w”: cam 321113 lldxliesgllvtiltholsnldasekilag ‘i’; mrdvaglgllnperiiicliitaill? ‘bad’ “"11"” 1,. ., a 41° In" . . "mi. ~ The landl. fo ,'- rot bed‘ c‘ - " ' ‘A utnecsilinenm was WW1! this t‘ r th il‘ - ' . "f" m corporation; alllfam Park. ll- by the special plebiscite district-l warships an‘: airxggrft? dafiitlied s! e ek 9, Obilectlve was gilded briefly tonight by four Henri?“ wljirtlho thee rlgwloagevgfia may; "u" whlle “m! 91"“ eistiint to the chairman. wn- established for the services-four more a; Cgurrier Bay, 10 miles F01‘ PPOVITICG IS ' b°mb'°°"-l'i“g Gem“ fight” Burma road are or from completed, rt l; "m! briees and trade MIN-ll"! in Canada. and three overseas, in gin-cg; me isthmus from Diego ’ plane: and several casualties were 3mm, mllces on the we“ Side ""5"" "H" Wlfhln a short Louis C. Robltallle prices and m, Unned Kgngdom, Newgound. Suarez ma“, at dawn this mommg 0 0. reported. or the Irrawaddy were backed up timek about 50 per cent of all supply representative for the land ma Jamaica. and by mantra“ had broken the against Brackleas Junglewovered s now operating in Canadn Montreal region of the board. Vichy Wench comm defences gmiggrm Main Tni-[el mountains stand“; betwee m m “ b” "h" W" b!’ "19 Inv- "The nation»! W" ""10" “- The Result. captured a battery which had snail! The initial meetin c-f the Red l m and the Indian figontier n e "1'rl,','.'°'|}‘;,,,1,,,d h, m, In last night's Britkh act on, e ~ - s e an it pos-

partment will continue to be re- sponslble for the systematic col- lection of nil salvage material and rnr- any promotional cam- paigns aimed at brlngin out’. all forms of usable ea vnge,’ the announcement said.

- Charles La Ferle recently-ap- point-ed director of’ We deli!"- menUs salvage dlvHon. will carry on this work. He has also been named a director of War- ‘time Salvage Ltd.

The announcement said the first operation of the new com- pany will be in connection with waste paper.

sons of military

follows :-

Nova Scctia, and Prince 41,720; no 5,821

no 20.341. Manitoba.

Canada and

Rationing Ties §2...%€.‘...§°’il°..~

Up All Pictou ,1,:§"*;::.§.::= y c , wi 1i a

s 9 the record total

PICTOU. N. 5.. May 5-40?)- Gasoline rationing may bt lust an inconvenience to many Canadian motorists, but it has completely tied up all of Pictou Island's nine cars.

The reason is that the Nova Sco- tia Department of HiBhWBYB doe! not require licenses for the cars on the island-which is about five miles long, two miles wide and six miles from tile Nova Scotia maln- iandr-snd gasoline may be obtained only for licensed can.

A further problem is that the only gasoline on the island is ‘marked’ fuel for iisnins bouts- wiiicii it is unlawful to use for m0- tor cars. so, even if they had ration coup- ons, the island car owners wou still have to arrange for a oar fuel

sup ly. 0st seriously affected is Eddie Glover, who used his car to tram- fer the mull bctwceii _i1ie landing wharf and the post. oitlcl. The islanders are seeking a solu- tion to their problem from Federal authorities.

U. S. Motorists To _ Be Cut On Gasoline

VMBHINCVION. Mo. B—(AP)— Gasoline consumption n the eut- ern United States will be slashed 50 per cent below normal starting May I0, the War Production Boar announced tonight. This means that many of the area‘: 106100.000 motorists probably will have to let i< along with u little as five or nix gallons l Week.

The reduction becomes effective the dey the seaboard area begins usin ration cards

llalston lliscrimi

He said

crlmlnaiion again

Overseas-yes 60,474; no 23.707. Edward Island-yes Ontario and Quebec-yes 93,203;

Saskatchewan. berta, British Columbia and the Yukon-yes 55.721; n0 11,016. Whle the sci-vice vote, both 1n CVCTSCBS, W85 SONIC- what smaller tiiaii was anticipat- quarters,

come close to but. will not exceed

Canadians at the election. That total was 4.608.423

MTCTnt riued on Tigtfsfcdi “if

By Defence Dept.

0'I'I‘AWA. May fence Minister Ralston House of Commons French Canadians had friends" than the officers at na- tional defence headquarters. the constant endeavor of departmental officers was to that the French-Canadian contribu- tion to the we: effort was recogniz- ed. appreciated and supported.

C01. Ralstion was lengthy criticism from Jenn Fran- cois Pouiiot. iLib. Temlscouata) dur- in; consideration in com (tho war appropriation bill.

Mr. Pouliot made claims of dis-

t i ih services and said t-hBY 1311:!‘ £1111 giandercd and llbeiled. "f don't want it to go out from this chamber that there is any dis- crimination of any kind." U16 Ml!!-

id. "r-Frrr sail!!! lies been iibeiiins and slanderlng oi which he complains it has not been done by the de- partment of national (M6110!-

cd the landings and were The result, apparently for rea- tng

SECIGCy C0llC8ffl~

lng the disposition of the forces, was given by four divisions as

New Brunswick IOTCGS,

drakak Al-

T55

officials air average vote the total civilian on the plebis- turns are in, will

Still

vote piled up by 1940 general

says no nation

p} eseiit six-day ance.

situatio by tiie

P) —De- told the tonight that

“no better

5 —(C

May For

S06

eration of men

replying mittee of circles

shortly new

st French Canad-

Men

from c

Advices released by Vichy sources tonight said the British occupyin mittcd

to nunibzr 20.000. had reached An- base. The some

French and Indian defenders at 7,500, zieariv twice the London es-

Florenoe Colliery iCPi "with nearby Florence Col-

settlemcnt of the strike.

The 700-man working force at the pit struck last Wednesday over the suspension of eight minors for 19m. mg work an hour before the regu- lar quitting time

’Il"crc was no chance torlny in the

(impunity. Ii was expreied the mine wcu.d he idle again tomorrow.

UITAWA. Mn)’ 5—-(CPl—Consid-

w glnyltfoéflcsorlnciatéilfgéytggggary train- ed Stfitegt wgiénitrirgtielisggirg: and wflmademoak seam, potato» or Moscow. The army newspaper AN ' ction has not yet been taken but “largo: lnatllfi far away Indian Powers are iqoklfig forward to an gfiéltedsuggoilulgngho 3x21811581 D as n, result of ii study being mud; ‘can w resist ncrcased production over last year. Kalmm [mm Xcnvligg 400 dead ab

of reserve army conditions it is thought highly probable in official

up of” reserve army men. have never been technically exempt

practice has been not to call them except in a few cases where the men

have 110i bflén fllllllllnfl reserve forces following up an ultimatum Growers 1n mo“ sections l‘ BYE!!!’ glflrtlgllzfistfggltll-‘Petlggntlilq-an w" in m attack on the; stro nnvnl been “peciauzmg m “only vnflb p0 ha" a" ma“ 5mm“ B“- 'y°°"' ties" which are harvested for the

pool ln the 2i and 30 year

£mfl§h~ CPO-as Campaign wor ers for the They were fighting desperately slble figure was entirely hi; own

at the bilCk door of the base province was held in The Charlotte. heavy brmfieik. in H 1C"? 091C553!’ 1n spars bu; were out be d u t. . th h th i 1 . 1 . t a . d ‘bed ‘ttron " concentrated _ mm‘ r” e5 m3"! 11B M definite decis- roug e tron ca 111128 own last night and took the form of ‘tfjftnof nigh ‘Mme on stlmgam and under terrific punishment ion on the matter of transpor-

fl 5119961‘ meeting, About 60 en- tliuslastic members of the orgmszznt- icn attended and optimism reporgg from the varitus sections vtere sub-

from Japanese planes. tation has been made at Ottn. wa." He said the possible ink- imr over of trucks would be s... other effort to conserve iii-cg and 3859"“. and also to place

with the main target the Bosch works which produces maenetoes and other electrical equipment.

‘tconiinifid ‘Rodi-Fool’ p“

Stiff credit

Report 20.000 British Four Months Without Relief

British soldiers flown out had been fighting four months with- the trucks at the disposal nf out rclicf, constantly faced with the sovemmeni. 1115b Jfililanese divisions and ham- I-le ls in western Canada on mered unccasingiy from tlie air. B 1°!" “Y Pellunal offices of the

“They were a tired lot, those I b°"d-

The drive for funds is mrt of the gieat National Rod Cross campaign for $9,000,000 urgently needed to "BTW On the humane work of the Society. Prince Edward Island's objective is set: at $40 000 _. "armed

“lllfh the French cinime

n. four unifies from the naval report. put. the

-—.—.~_—~~.—.-—;—_T:.——.~».;—_ by speakers "the most important; ' h“ m my plane", “Md a PM" tinned on pm B. C01 I)“ campaign ever to be faced bv this 0 American pact‘ F. ll . .._.____..._ __ r- _ .4 I I B t th i 1i 1 d province and the wnkcrs last eqiilpmen?rezlgynaofuservlbehagmli s

Illttht pxpressed themsewes as be- ing quite confident that this quota. ““l.”“‘l."° ..

es es w 1" f - h . lcttetown aned vlcirfirt; ‘ili/“rscwil.

after brief repairs 1n hospital.

WASHINGTON. May 5—(AP)—- The planes, originally designed Stiff regulations controlling the lll- to carry 21 p355cngef5| on aQme stalmenvpurchasea of nearly every trips were loaded with 70

Strikebound

H’. -

Are repulsed

---——— n number of campaigners rrdm “m” l“ °°""“°“ m‘ l“ m‘ Am" "NB “W 1mm“ "W" "~“ PEARL HARBOR it vvi SYDNEY MINES, N. 3., May 5 _ Summgfflde‘ 5mm and Mmmlgue, ericari iégmemwesrralzgazfiqsfilsafieitge fugees on improvised airileicls, re- M“ “(Angina rcpultgaa"

1118M fuelled immediately and were off

. B, M. . . . . liery sirikeboiind for the seventh ChailrmrrlnJpregfiiwrlenjmpgg- 5°51“! “hmhi 1" iddluml» decmed again for another load. $Z§ ‘lfigilfsli.Zdlfilssrlnrillllili. successive day, the Sydney Mines joyable musical progi- m‘ w... pfg- ma” “dhmry marge ‘Ccmmm 10 w“ anfionmcfg “any Mm. town council today telegraphed the sentcd during thr- c u se ‘of the must be PM‘! up relatively qulckly‘ wily is 1149 miles northwest of Nova Bcotia dtepnriment of labor evening ' ‘Ihc charge account rules. first ‘la-Wm’

‘°' m" ‘" ""‘"*""“ “m” “" W“ M‘ Emir" in tlfyirifwéfw trill“. "ti. ‘that? BIlS smash at ...i"r..iir"zi"izisii..‘stills