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Finance llommittee Discusses Request 0f Glty Firemen

At a meet last ht of tl-i Finance Comugitwe (rfhtha Cit; Council with the Fire De t

cial Government to ask for a sub- stantial increase in its ant to the city. He considered t pros- pect of getti this grant very promls . Pa fence was all that waésoneemed, he sussestsd. une or lePage e.

himself as dissatisied wilh the report made the firemen.

“g1 n-epggmd; Paul As to a rumour that the fire- Jmeph Goebbels addressed an un- men would strike if they did not mus] appeal to the German pebble rBfllVe thte 825.000 asked for, Fire , sa n“ e that that there would never be a strike

gnu-raw i them "even the greatseg cadets of his-

wy will be faced with occasional no

tbaoks and defeats."

‘In a similar but more restrained M" or m; my to the German on the occasion oi the Hit- lfimlairtnday, Marshal He n in“ “m: “""..’*:.'..=""i” e even o ‘ dangers may lie ahead.” The Goeb ruesswe flamed sis- uiiicant in- its implications. 0n the theme things es bad as th seem. Goebbels . -twiilnobe bleooform an accurate and ust idea. of the individual war events and fae rs which have been decisive in t e

we: until the war is over." tins that many Germans my not approve of Hitler, Goebbels ntunraoral‘? 09906310"!

to eriok the reat.

Hitler himself was silent as he reached an age at which he once

indicated he would rather not. be lighting.

"r am now so veers old.’ Hitler rid in his heyday in April. i939.

and I would rather wage war new than when I am es."

Despite recurrent report! 0f "B; ped strength and of nervous d - orders, there in no re e do that Hitler is in anything but. nor- sral health.

are no‘.

t B it To Revise Political Time

UITAWA April 18 — (GP) -— fhe Canadian Broadcasting Cor- poration's policy on free political ime will be reviewed, it

lib violin: varioual deserted was ls "undemocratic", "srblitrary" and

‘discriminatory!’

Dr. Augustin Frigcn, acting seneral manager of the CBC, as- Iilred the Committee he would see the mattor was placed before the loard of Governors for reconsid-

eration. i liy in connection ti: exclusion of the Soc l t from free tims and

the matter of the of t e

free time period itself.

“lb arri b lk ba l . Book n0 "efiuissu '3. Boyle,” i-ifl-lgi. "Bulk feed wheat in lock. Mc- luisau a Boyle. a-u-roi "To arrive May ist carload as- Pllllt shingles, roof , etc". good lllortment colours an quality. R. L. Dickisscn

s-rz-rs-rs-re-so-n v. another oar Victory

"Ito arri "sister-ea Seed Oats, book now. “Quinn and Boyle. 4-l7-l0i

“T u r Davis a "i-‘Juggeryv. %y°'uu use.

"this B-O-Tbu-Momtf. "Fees wh e Scott’ guru. filled and” ring u. 4-20-21

"A. R. P Danes in Morel! Hail me ' ' not? “fihdfiotifimk m y, Quinta. "Wily..." g . a M‘ wliv rom . “m! MacDoweli. m‘ ‘w. n“ e-ao-et. "Klnoi. note und {,1}! not b: loadingqhogs a mniilfiilv. April th. Keith Mac- Ou and Norman M s.

e-re-so-za-ss-ei. '"°'"2"-..*::z':§.“.im= gilxsréim. Riv: £111. m ay, vnprgi

in his department, or ‘ , so long as he was chief.

Will Investigate Treatment Given Amputation Gases

OITAWA. Avril l9 — (OP) -—- Defence Rslsto dered an investigation treatment given oversees amputa- tion cases from the Maritimes landed at Halifax, s spokesman fgrifltvhe Defence Department said

The spokesman commenting on a news dispatch from Sydney, N5. said the investigation was order- ed after Col. Ralston received from the Canadian Leglonk Syd- ney Branch a protest against the treatment of the amputation

cases. (The Sydney dispatch said that Legion last

following the

night it was announced the ques- tion of treatment was being taken" up wi C . Ralston and other authorities “with a view to pra- venting any further recurrence of such a stat‘ of affairs."

(The dbpatch said it was learn- ed the Legi advised the two men had been taken from a hospital ship at Halifax to a military hospital there by truck

been v

and then had en trans- portation to Bydneya one of the wo was able to y himse a

the other had to remain up for the overnight Journey.)

Three iililed In Plane Brash

rrsnrmx. Alla 1o - <02) - m Plane 08TH‘: drreewd 110.14%". err un e a n o Cow y, gust oulfilde theymouth of Halifax harbor, and all aboard killed in t

were crash.

The twin-engine aircraft was

from the R.C.A.F. station at near- by m’ . Its (:3?! were repo e rn "Com- mand tonéht as “aliasing, believ- ed killed." No details ware announced. Next-of-kin of the airmen have been notified and their names will be leased shortly.

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Laval Warns French liot To Aid Allies

eo-oparetioa of Pa and civil war will break

out in nos. Mr months

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have worried about this Nlaibllll-Y a infirm."

n has or- into "the

if berth from Halifax to Sydney, but no u,

Allied Budapest

IN FERRY SHIP SERVICE

RON. Photo by Petty Officer Kecgan, E.C.N.V.R.,

Ths two-way service between the British and Canadian navies is an Important man-power and money-saving scheme and has saved vital space in Atlantic troopships. Canadian crews rnan British built on this side, deliver them to Britain and return with Canadian ships constructed there. British crews man Canadian ships and return with British ships, It is typical of the co-o ' ralvies. Hers ls a group of Canadian naval ratings, part of a crew who re- cently took an ILN. destroyer escort overseas to join a Canadian ship in Britain. They are left to right. Front row: Oharlottetownpflrdlnary Seaman John MacDonald, Moncton and Ordin- ary Seaman Winston Judson, Charlottetown: Walsh, Vernon River; Ordinary Seaman Ilerb Tobin and Leading Stoker Don Robertson both of Saint John, N.B., and Stoker Keith Sehrneluer,

Luneubur, Co, _l\_i. S.

Mosquitoes

With 4, GOO-Pound Bomb

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Fast, Wooden Planes Do Bid Job In Quick Raids On Enemy Targets.

Lord Bennett lias Word 0f Warning

LONDON, April i9 —(CP Cable) —Viscount Bennett today told mem- bcrs of the Primrose League “we must strive with all our power and might to see that the fate whichncamg to Rome doesn't come

Spea at the annual confer-

he League, founded in and named after Benjamin Disraeli‘: favorite flower, the for- mer Canadian Prime Minis warned that “disintezrgtion starts

from ver small .

Lord ennett said there was need for continuous consultation between Dominion Prime. Minis-

ters on Foreign Policy. '

C. C. F. Convention To Open On July 31

OTTAWA, April i0 — (C?) — C.C.l='. National Headquarters here announced today that the annual convention of he y will be held at Montreal Juy 31, Aug. l and 2. The announcement was made by Frank Scott of Montreal. National Chairman, and David Lewis of Ottawa, National Secre-

lilfy. ‘

300 Miles Of Danube River Mined By Allies

Will Dispute Enemy Supply Route To And From Balkans.

NAPLN. April ll - (Al) — The strain on battered and over- loaded Neal communications sup- plying German forces on southern Russia front was dis- closed today to have been in- creased tremendously l3‘ the min- ingof S10 rnilesof eDanube River, historic and all-important commercial lifeline of southeastern

1". bombers spurt several nights pi mines along the river and s oot up vessels from

Bu .

The river has been tho prinoi channel along which oitaswellasgrainandothcrloot from me Ballasos, “glowed toward

Germany. ace r- to

Nasi war plans has

more vital as the H. Army

gushed into Romania and Allied mbers

from I began methodical destruction of

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t8!’ d 3n y manoeuvrabiiity and hssnt (acted the planes speed by more

By ALAN RANDAL

WITH THE R.A.F.

WHIERE IN ENGLAND, April l9 _(QP) — At a. secret operational base in limgland the RAF. hi! established its men and machines

who do the "tidying "P" many for the All es.

men are crack, but small

The machines famed Mosquito bomber

the dimters they use for this tidy- ing up Job are dililll-Piilllld 119ml”- ' Mosquitoes have a slightly distendedlstomach. It's so they can "swallow’ a this size but this alternation in

These particular

differe

than three knots. For a time the Mosqlliw be classed as “nuisance They went out with a bomb load and did it

the kept Germany's sirens in op- eraglon like an alarm clock that Now, with

refuses to be silenced.

tire bomb load stepped up

are a force to be reckons They operate

fax bomber nrmadas.

small factories vital to

emyls war effort but not suffici- cntly large to warrant a full-dress

attack by bomber common These planes fly so fa enemy fighters no longer them,

to They fly so high only this‘

range guns are fired

And they strike so hard

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en in the heart of a German fore the sirens have t sound.

Losses so‘ fa.r have been than one per cent of the aircraft used and the force.

its great speed, is often

his h n bad lioldgnthxzlgheavy-blomber force on the und. " said one Mosquito 9110i

II “n,

the who helped in attacking 138 Ger-

man tanlets in a single "we g0 so fast we Bet t0

t nd beck before the ‘° ' omit

closes down for the

shins newly between the tvvo

Able Seaman James Duffy, Back row: Stoker L. P‘.

so often

Ind-ependentIyI from the main Lancaster shrlllmd Hali- i

e fellows go out to their targets and the Mosquitoes go out to other places to "dust“ out of existence

their crews

4,000-pou.nd block busters fall

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Reds Report Enemy Thrust l Was llepulsed

B! TOM YARBROUGH

LONDON. April l9-(AP)—ln an all-out drive to save their vital,‘ use at LWOW. th

awow in the corner of ore-war Poland but have» been repulsed. the Russians an-i nuanced tonight in n communique, that for the first time in weeks.

Army advance.

In the Crimea, the Russians: said. the enemv dislodged fr i several stlonziv-fortifled defence‘ centre; around Sevastopol. but the

tile for that prize Black Sea on more and more the of a siege. and was dis- d with a sirule sentence in the communique.

A news dispatch from Moscow said the Stanislarvorv offensive ap- peared to be a strong. well-organ-

tion bv troops o

ec . hal

eon- K Zhukows lst Ukrainian

arrny. ' A sec ndarv purpose would be to

o trv to keep the Russians from dri- ving on through the Czecho-Slo- vak frontier passes that they reach- ed April 8.

OTTAWA. April I9 - (C?) - warfare is still a “very definite menace" and t; likely to break out again

Lleut Nor- Britain's e comm- an

with renewed fury. rnan Jewell, one of outstanding su anders, said here today in interview.

MONTREAL. April 20 -— (GP)- Delegates represdnting 88 mavy league Royal Canadian Sea Cadet corps in Canada arrived tonight to attend tomorrow's opening of the annual sea cadet conference.

LONDON. Aprli 19 - (CF)- German planes stabbed at, Eng- land tonight for the second successive night but avoided London's bristling defences, which chimed l3 raiders In n pro-dawn attack earlier todsv Bombs fell in three districts In Southeast England

Well Known Local Bondsman Dies In ilospitai

Mr. William MacFnrlane_ a vet- eran of the rirst Great War" died at the Charlottetown Hospital ves- terday. Except for the time he spent overseas he resided in Char- lottetown most oi his life. He was

from the three services.

. the luncheon

T0 SAVE LWOW

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By Kirlre L. Simpson, Aaao Although the Japanese thrust in

of the Chinese-American forces in north Burma has centred public at- , teniien in North America and Great. Britain on that sector. it is a fair ' guess that developments 1.000 miles to the south are gravely ‘

Toklo,

off Burma, the Dlalav Peninsula and

‘fcusivs are nearly 800 miles long guarding Bay of Bengal approaches to failed to record some notable Red the Straits of Malacca and Singapore. There is no doubt that they fig-

War ‘Situation Last Night‘

An American sir raid on the Andaman Islands in the Bay of Bengal

l) hed l s Germans have has been reported from Admiral Lord Louis Mounbattenur new head-

satllfisl a "Keiak gfiigk n"? quarters in Kandy, Ceylon. The planes blasted at Japanese shipping in 5 “sum Port Blair Harbor on the lower end of the south Andaman group.

That is the best harbor in the Andaman and Nicobar groups that lie

cisted Prose War Analyst India toward communication lines

troubling

Sumatra. Thev are a Japanese de-

ured importantly in Allied high strategy concepts underlying the creation

cf the Allied soul.‘ Mountbatten (o that post.

The jurisdiction of this out-stand phibian commando _. India and northern Burma. His ass

however. that the main Allied attack from the west on the Japanese-held Netherlands Indies and the Malay renlnsula will be an Amphibian thrust i “c promgcnuk of an. paw"

from bases across the Bsy of Bengal

Admiral Mountbatten certainly did not shift his headquarters from 1 sibility of breaking zhe back

New Delhi in Ceylon for any reason

ll Asia command and the assignment of Admiral

lug British navy exponent of .\m~

’ us extends also, apparentiv. to northeastern

ignmcnt left no reasonable doubt,

in southern India and Ceylon. , connected with the situation in 1

northern Burma and Assam. The change clearly meant that preparations i

m for his own major offensive operations had been sufficiently advanced to l

make desirable his presence and that of his staff closer to the scene of

action.

In effect, the bombing of Port Blair can be viewed as the opening

skirmish of that attack distant as any actual Invasion thrust info the Andanmans or against southern Burma, the Malay rcnlnsula or Suma-

tra silll may be,

Make Plans For Opening Victory Loan Drive Here I

The sixth victory Loan will officialy open in the prUiIlIICe with an intipressive ceremony Monday! afternoon in front of the Cenotaph . special speaker for the occasion will‘ be Birg. Milton F. Gregg, V-C., one of Canada's foremost heroes of the

last war.

Participating in the ceremony. will be detachment; from the Navy», Army and Air Force and their pre- sence will have particular signifi- cance in the lay of a plaque made from wood and metal of the. ruined Church of Ortona. It wii. be borne to the Cenotaph by a sergeant C. W. A. C. and a naval rating escorted by a guard of honor

Brig. Gregg, who Ls expected to arrive Sunday. will also speak atj the service luncheon sponsored by‘, the Rotary Club prior to the open-‘ ing ceremonies. Expected to attend and the following display will be Lieutenant Governor B.W. IePnge. Premier Wai Jones. Dr. W.J.P. l» lsn, Ma JE. Blanchard and civic dignitar

AS Rn officer

Mai. . . be n, commanding No. 02 CA-(BYIEC, will be officer rIfIllIlA-Iltli the iparade. It will form at Rnchford

Ellfil Kent streets and move off at 2.10 pm. with the famous C.W.A.

F" i3.

,C. Lands i . Next will come a cctachment of naval ratings uri- c.r command oi Lt. A. B, Garrett followed by the Army under- Lt s. Gallan ._’I‘h¢ uiar Beach Grove band wi.1 trai the soldiers and the airmen frcm the local airport will‘

conclude the pro: essicn.

Paris Ack-Ack Not

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A native of Charlottetown he was, a son of Mr . Nicholas MacFar-i, lane and the late Mr. IvIucFarlane.‘ He was associated with a band. here prior to tho ureat war _ when he enlisted with the 100th! Battalion it was with ihe units band. Later he transferred _to the‘ 12m Railroad Battalion. Dilrlnil his} service in France he was gass and since his return from the war had not enioved good health l-Iis Last illness was not long. however. He was in hospital two weeks.

Surviving in addition to his mother are his wife and two sons.

Earle and William Jr.. and a daualer-H tar. Marguerite. all of Charlo -

wn.

Two sisters, Miss Rita bfacFiar- larre and Mrs. Parker Home. and a brother. John MacFariane. all of

‘IO OONTHVUE DAYLIGIIT TIMI

wooperocx. N.B.. April 19- (CP)-I.n a plebiscite today. Wood- stoekra yersvoted cosmioo in favor of having the town con-

tinue on daylight ssvig__t._isp_e.__l

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Equal To London's

LONDON. April 19 — iCP Cable) - Canadian airmen. back from last night's 1,000 plane R A. F - R. . A F‘ raid on Paris area inr- gets, said anti-aircraft fire was heavy but could not compare with the barrage London threw up ag- ainst a German attack during the night Some of the Canadian pian- es had t0 side step the barrage on their return flight.

Abaoa fibre is the most valuable oi all "hard" rope fibres for uterine‘. cordage because of it, resistance toi

‘saltwater. i

OAIDITITA, April IO -— l0!"- Breaking through a scrim of ob- stacles, British troops advancing soutfreastwards were reported to- night te have made contact with British and Indian troops who had been surrounded by Japanese in- vaders in Kohima, as miles in- side India.

from arm

Dispatchm ere, one inside the Koh a "Box" and another with relieving said the Kohima garrison ainst a superior Japanese ch attacked night and

day.

Allied forces defending Im- phal and Kohims have a great su crlority over the invaders in a illery, tanks and air support and are inflicting heavy losses on the enemy. was announced that more than 4,000 Japanese had been killed on Indian soil in the past six weeks. Allied losses were described as comparatively light

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Bracken Purchases i Farm llear Ottawa

UITAWA. April 19 - (GP) — John Bracken, national Progres- sive Conservative leader. said to-i night he has purchased a farm in Carleton County near here. “I have purchased only the one farm and I am not negotiating with anyone else for any more land." he said.

‘The purchase has no relation to mv political plans of the future" he added. I

The farm fronts orn the Ridesu River some l5 miles from Ottawa. the same river that his father's fanm in Leeds County faced end when he spent his boyhood davs.

Local Airman Married At Sydney, li. S.

SYDNEY. N8" April l9—tCP)— Pilot officer William D. .Bud) MacEacher-n of Charlottetown for- mer well-lcnovm Charlottetown and Sydney Iiockev plaver. was mar- ried here today to Theresa Carlin R N . of Sydney

PO. MacEachenr is a son of fire Chief Angus MacEachem and Mrs. MacEache-m of Charlottetown and his wife is a daughter of Mr. an Mrs Jack Carlin. The cercmonv was performed in the Sacred Heart. Giebe bv Rev. J B Neal'- lng. The attendants were Terrance Carlin and Eileen Carlin. bro?“- and sister of the bride

PO lifacEachei-n plat-ed iruckevi with the Cilarlottdflwn Janice- ROY- als and later was a star with Syd- nev Millionaires.

He served 22 months overseas with the Canadian army before be- in: transferred to the P..C A F‘. while in England where he re- oelved his preliminary training, l-Ie received _hls_wir_igs_in Carla-cl

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Japanese Siege Ring Around Kohima Broken

last Sunday's Allied communique was in error in referring to Al- lied our-rd troops operating in the 5 webo and Ye-U areas. less than 60 miles from Mandalay. Airborne troops actually are op- erating in the Knoha region, some 160 miles north of Mandalay.