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Death Of Famed Island Writer

Creator of ‘Anne-of Green Gables

passes away in Ontario.

TORONTO, April 24—(CP)—Mrs. Ewan Macdonald, who immortalized her native Prince Edward Island coun- tryside in the novel “Anne of. Green Gables” died sud- denly at her home here today. She was 67 years old and gnative of Clifton, P. E. I.

For the past .two years she had been in lll health but during the past winter Mrs. Macdonald compiled a collection of magazine stories she had written many years ago and these were placed in the hands of a pub- lilhinil firm only today.

Under the name of L. M. Montgomery, she wrote more than a score of books, many of which were trans- lated into Polish, French, Swedish, Dutch and Spanish

and some were published in Braille. But her most famous was “Anne , of a country girl, which Mark Twain called "the sweetest creation of child _llfe yet, written." It was adapted twice to the screen, once in tho da s of silent films and later as a tal e. Both versions proved widely successful.

Green Gables itself is a stately old manse which nestles Just back from the shore of the Gulf of St. Lawrence at Cavendish, P. E. 1., and for years has attracted tourists from all parts of the continent.

Surviving are two sons, Chester and Stuart and her husband.

Funeral arrangements have not yet been completed but burial will take place in the beloved soil of her native Prince Eflward Island.

(By The Canadian Press)

league of ilotions Jiuiety presents Views to Premier

OTTAWA. April 24-—(CP) —Prime llinsicrhfuckt ~ King was urged "today by the L auylllCanadlt l-o lead the ' ai-atioil that col-

wide as we can . - the inundation of the post-u ' era. ‘Tile p0; was made by War- vtik Clllllilliill. K. C.. of Montreal. eiilrman of the socletys nationi Iulcutirc committee, who took s. M: delegation of society executive Mrs. Ewan Msedonald, 0.511: l";

‘"1 b01011‘ l-lle government this R.S.A., as Lucy Maud Montgomery ‘l- wi- Tlw osytv included le-"d- established hel‘ reputation s; a M08010 l llelltmsl HlOVEIIlCIlK-‘l- writer long before “Anne of Green Gables." best known of her works, was published in 1908. At the age of 12 she won a story-writing oon- test run by the Montreal Star. In college she was distinguished as the "girl who writ/es stories and poems for the magazines and gets paid for it."

Prolific writer of fiction for over 3b years, Mrs. Macdonaldks novels brought praise from immortals of piase and poetry. Mark Twain dc- sr-ribed her "Aline of Green Gables" as "the sweetest creation of child life yet written.” Bliss Carman. the Canadian poet, declared the Anne of Lucy Montgomery's creation “must always remain one of the immortal children of fiction."

Lucy Maud Montgomery was barn at Clifton, P.E.I.. Nov. 30. 1874. Her mother and father, Clara Wosllier Macneill and Hugh John Montgom- ery. were of Scottish stock who settled in the island province to farm. The mother died about a year after the birth of her only child and Lucy Maud was sent to Cavendish to be brought up by ler Mum“ grandparents.

It was at. Cavendish the novelist grew to womnrvood. Years. later she described the farm as "l! miles from a railroad statkin, 24 llllilfifi from! ‘the ‘nearest. tog-n, but: n‘. Sale Gin-ism,“ nny otie- a m e rcm e ecu" r11 1mm, gum-day, Apr“ From this romantic isolation she . , 4-24-21. drew the material for her long line

of best-sellers.

Her First Book,

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British reaction LONDON. April 24—(CP)—Rc- lcilsn to Lord Beaverbrcoks New Ytll Silsvrh advocating opening o! a second European front var- ied today from the jubilant “you tell ‘ciu, llrivrr." of the man lil the street to cautionary remarks lll illittflllffl ulilllury erclcs. Aliliclrh llrltisll circles, said ill: add: s rniilcl not be regard- ed as cc mg front the war cab- lll-‘l ll ii; observers llcld it as l All) Hie oi‘ a governmental cf lit-art toward the idea "I i‘ Bill‘ l. u front this yenr_

Comics Events

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'_'D;tncc in ‘fracadie Hall Monday. ‘n "tm- 4-24-21.

l Suit‘. Saturday. May . SallltPeters Cathedral

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-—- Mrs. M"i‘l'lOllillfl'5 first story of llllillso Sale, Saturday aftcr- Anne and hel- life on the Caven- 11" Name ilall. Notre D"me dish farm was rejected three times - 4-25-11. by publishers before it was sent to

a Boston firm and accepted. Almost

"J-tlilitlllll s every Tuesday E‘ M. at flve Houses. Justin "is L-lllb-lf-zl-

"Id-Wills Hogs Tuesday sftcr- um“- Ahlll 20th, lit Vernon. Leo L- C-Zfifil.

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Competition for Silver’ Fox Pelts ..,,, RebekE-Mufl;"':' Reported keen

"lest in st. James Church School n. 10.30 a.m. Bundayi-gipril /

in Bradalbane SQ” Tuesday till z r. m. for Mark- “ 3300M. James '1‘, Bomel-s.

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Covers Prince Edward Island Like the Dew

CHARLOTTETOWN, CANADA. SATURDAY, APRIL 25, 1942

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Gigantic goals V

Set in January

May he passed

Capacity To Produce The Tools Of War Un- derrated In January.

By Richard L. Turner Associated Press Staff Writer WASHINGTON. April 34 --(AP)

—Presldent Roosevelt hinted today that itle already gigantic goals of the United States war production program may be increased, so well s the program going.

The only lag of any , is in shfpbuild ng. he said, attribut- ing it primarily to an overall snort- age of steel shapes and plates rath- er than to any management or la- bor slowdown. Steps ale being tak- en, he added. to increase steel pro- ducilon capacity.

Originally the war production goals included 185.000 planes. 120.- 000 tanks. 55.000 anti-aircraft guns and 18.000000 tons of commercial shipping by the end of i943. Some called the figures “fantastic? and in Berlin it was said the program was impossible of accomplishment, intended primarily as a bluff.

When the schedules were an- nounced in Janus. . administra- tion officials viere ittedly "set-

ting their sights high."

ItIWas obvious from the Presi- dents statement today that the ad- ministration has concluded that however ‘fantastic’ the figures mlsht have seemed in January, ca- pacity to produce the tools of war had actually been underrated.

The President said there was no shortage of scrap steel and iron. A train ride, he added, reveals empty car sldlngs which are not used be- cause there are no empty freight 08f‘: l0 Digit?! on theig. The siding "1 .-"¢5. I 9°.“ .. ,1‘ Win06.

In addltionhs ‘Wilma t_. ere» “is an abundance of“ scrap Piron and steel on the farms and in the woods

Japs within 100 miles of Vital Mandalay

Chinese Locked _ln Vio- lent Combat With En- emy; Few Changes On Centre Or~Right Of Al- lied Line.

NEW DELHI, April 24 ma?) - Mechanized Japanese vflllfillflill-‘l have beached the Tallllflsl/l BN0 within 100 miles _of vital Mandalay in a thrust of nearly 80 miles north- ward from tfze r8810" 0f fall?" Lotknw, a Chinese communique dis- closed tonight.

‘This force was located at the town of Hopong, 10 miles east of Taunggyi, in confirmation of a previous announcement from the British headquarters of Gen. Sil- Harold Alexander that the Chinese

are locked in violent combat with‘

the invader in that region.

The Chinese announcement stat- ed that 40 enemy aircraft had been contlnuouslv bombing the Chinese positions, nlilch are at the left of the Allied Burma line, and that there were heavy casualties on both sides in continuing fightlnS-

On the Toungoo front fsr to the southwest of this action, Chung- king's communique reported the Ja-

anese had suffered 8000 casualties n a week's fighting between the Siva River and the town of Pyin- msne. and that in four days about Pyinmnna itself 3.000 invaders had been killed or wounded against Chi- nese losses of 1,000 killed or wound-

inighting on that front was said

t be centred about Tatkooi, ‘villvivchois 30 miles north of Pyth- mans.

On the Allied right. held by Ohi- nese and British forces. n0 tilt-Kill of consequence was reporwd and st the centre British forces which PN- vlotisiy had made a sliBht wlth- dmwsl to s point just above the town of Taun winvvl apparently wen oonsolida lng their positions.

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Banana Puzzle Still Unsolved

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nnn bgnam that timid“ l” frultndhflllnfi:

Kallgonlans last week e l

s11 qoneorned scratching their heads

la they mus w“ into Mahala water after they '9" en . Port authorities have conduct-ed

War Situation Last Night

(By KIRKE L. SIMPSON, Associated Press Wal- Analyst)

It is conceivable that the unheralded arrival of an American bomb- er in Siberia, fresh from blasting Japanese targets, was doubly welcome

to the Russians.

Bhlp and crew were pi-oinptl interned, according to Kuibyshev ao- counts, that was an exercise of t o common law of war verning neu- trals. It gave the Soviet Union o portunlty to demoustra to Tokyo its present aioofness from the Pact o conflict although at the some time t is a. loading inember.on the United Nationsgmti-Axis fraternity.

Those interned ' ‘ bombardiers enjoy a unique status,

They are at once nominally unwelcome visitors and honored Al- lied guests in Russia. Bad they come by the front, not the back door, they would have been uproarloully received. It ls to be assumed that. the restrictions of internment will rest lightly upon them. .

The incident, although it only adds to the mystery of the how and why of the bombing of ' pauese cities and increases Japanese puzzle- ment, serves another p se. lt strongly under-scores Lord Beaver- brook’s revelation in New York of a Br tlsh public “passlon" for open- ing a “ ’ front" ' ‘ Germany. '

Ono purpose of Lord Beaverbmoks speech naturally was to con- tribute to Nazi fitters over the possibility of British or British-Ameri- can invasion of WEI“?! Europe. British commando raids and air bat- tering of coastal ,_, already furnish a diversion which may have a marked effect on Nazi plans. Berlin cannot Ignore this threat in disposing available land and air forces.

Lord Beaverbrook stated‘ furthermore the most optimistic concent of war nossihllltfes implicit In British-American grand stratmrv. H» nolnterl out that it its In Russia. and nowhere else on a battle front that girdles the globe. that a possibility exists of ending the war in a few min-m: instead of years.

Cir-alts ~Japan’s Problems Guide For Allied Action

War situation on all fronts reviewed by London Observer.

hi; fighting Against ll-Boats From Bermuda

tWl-itten for The Canadian Press by Mat-Gen, Sir Charles Gwynn)

LONDON, April 24-(0? Cable) —Gen. sir Archibald Wavell has clearly described the problem of defence of India with limited forces. It is one of counterattack- ing by an air striking force with the special role of attacking hos- tile shlps and landing craftpFor that task, it should have the ad- vantage of nearby more bases. as

opposed to the enem ‘s carrier- borne and long-rang: aircraft. "AMU-TQN. Bflfllll-ldfl- ADI" Should the Japanese effect a 24-“? (fimal-Bmlsh ""1

United States forces are doing "hard and‘ successful" fighting out of Bermuda, Rear Admiral Jules James, commandant of the U, S. naval operating base in Bermuda, told a St. George's Day dinner here.

The Admiral. replying to the toast to "our allies" at an over- sea: league dinner last night,

sa . "l came down here to build a base. l came down hers also to fight a base after we built it. Lots of people around here do not know how hard our com- bined nuvles and armies are fighting now from this base.

"I can assure you it is very hard. It ls hard‘ and it ls suc- eesudul. l am sorry I cannot fell you more about it."

(Admiral James apparently was referring to action taken against submarine activity in western Atlantic waters.)

landing they would be subject to attack by a small but well-equip- ped and highly mobile army with adequate air support.

No attempt obviously can be made to organize defensive post- tions along the immense coast- line on which the enemy can sel€ct his points of attack, but. the importance of well organized and courageous action and control of the civil population and ad- ministration is emphasized.

Gen. Wavcl1's reminder of Ja- pan's difficulties never should be lost. sight of and should be taken to heart. It offers not only en- couragement but also a guide to act-ion.

Enterprise Shown in Burma sctics

In Burma the situation remains very critical but. the successful oounterattaok at Yenang Young and the close co-operation be- tween the Chinese and British forces is encouraging.

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Soviets capture ‘Golden Range’

News Briefs

LISBON, April 25—(Saturihy) —(AP)--A German plane at- tacked a British corvette off the Portuguese coast yesterday af- ternoon, but the ship was be-

0n Crimea Front its.“ "dust? airc t. barrage.

Loss of four ships in the Atlantic —two medium-sized United States merchantmen and two Pan-Ameri- can tankers-was announced Friday

KUIBYSHEV. Al)!“ 24-051?)- Reoapture 0f the "Golden ranlf." I

German stro hold in the Crimea-

w” anmun“ m“ by the Rw- b the United States navy and for- “ms- who “m m‘ van“ orig“: eirgn quarters, bringing to 147 the

was improving conditions

creasing me Red Army.‘ mum“, total of allied vessels officially an-

nouncod as s in the Atlantic

offensive.

The "fine" "ma" w“ not we” milihllgjyiizeigltltwgifzwinen lost their ificall ocated in the account by m“ m the Mme“ ma m8 sub lied tar. official army newspaper. w,“ but its reduction was declared te

have followed foul- days of bitter fighting in which the Germans once routed the Russians but fin- ally wtthdrew or surrendered. Some indication of the stae of action was ven in the announce- th t f than‘ torkmuk

In a ar sou 6111.686 an on the northwest. lfolllld lenlnsrsd th Kalinin front.

UNITED STATES BEAD- QIJABTERS, Australia», A I'll 2A —-(CP)—-Allled airmen, bo stored by an ever-increasing flow of American craft kinds. pounded the Japanese yesterday with mother raid on the in- vsder’: Insecure foothold at Ba-

. e mm" bu; ball, New Britain.

PM" “Fhmf °°"‘”““'d' VALETIA. April 24—(AP)-One Gennan lane was destroyed and 1|

New York senatg other craft were damaged ovs

Mlltl today dui-in raids in which

the enemy lnfilc considerable civilian pm and heav-

ier casualties an yes May's high

ALBANY n. Y., a a-(an- “*1- "f" "WM "mill"-

Th‘ (fig, 5"" B“ bfif“ d‘ mnoon. April il-(CPR. resolution i: iseo Plenum - "m? ‘° " m" W‘ "°"°'°" "u" ham. l m "and “m,” trapped in a South Yorkshire m. “u”. m“, mine tonight after roof falls do" 0pm.”. caused by earth tremors.

11:1» Senate Pyighadsxtbd a sim- usembéy had voted tho resolution, iejeete the meuimby avoiee vote without debate.

clbnhNDOlz‘, A hi‘: 4o?) -‘1l ope n8! P! re a ed , Stockholm tonight ti: Relitzrs said British aircraft flew over a wide h.“ area of Denmark ‘fliursday night.

an fnveltlzltlon and s resort h" l1! A-Illlblvllllll .. mm _ .. - ei e ‘t’ “.‘.l‘i‘.1?.l.i.‘t““°" in ‘Q."""."t.t..".:t.°"“-..‘"s"sz. fit‘ ‘fr? fififnm, does no t. Iewrsnoe development “the all!" fills,“ ll 5081168 t-M d“ b u, “m, mun u air. is who. 111A

City Council Discusses Fish market

Rustlco Fisherman's Un- ion Seeks Five-Year Lease.

Authority to ascertain the mat of fliiiilg up the present fish mar- ket in the Charlottetown Market Building with a view to leasing it te one individual or to continue rentin space as is done at present. was gven the Market Committee in a resolution adopted at a special mecting of the City Council last night.

A delegation from No. it) Station. North Rustico Fdshermens Union. was present and the spokesmen signified its willingness to take over the operation of the muljkflf with the assurance that a variety of fresh fish would be offered for 531.1 dallv through the week.

Rev. J. D. McNeil, North Etustico. opened the discussion on behalf of the Union. He told of its orsanlzfl- tlon four years ago and stated that there were at present 40 members belonging to it. A total of 48 mem- bers had enlisted for active service but. the Union was still stronti- Pointlng to the good work already accomplished by the organization, he pointed out that it. was with 8- View to getting a. ready market for tbgiy product that they advanced the proposition. The Union could supply fish the yea: round. The members would like to lease the Fish Marita.‘ fgl‘ {ll/B W"! on l

arly ren as s. ye . Emmett Gallant. President of the flshermenu Union, felt that the organization was in "exoellelltl cfiiitionllnlluive tfmflgilty’ good ser- v n a hes o .

Conn. A. T. _ uiréd l8 to what would become of t e pres- ent tenants. He wanted to know if they would be pushed out and a. syndicate allowed tbcomé ln- He was in favor of giving the tenants a flooring before anything was done.

Conn. Butler. chairman of Market Committee. declared the fi=h market. was "anything but sanitary" at present. He told of visiting it and finding young fel- lows petting fish around. One of the present tenants was asked by him

the that

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Situation is More serious, Premier says "

OTTAWA. April 24 _— (UP) Prime Minister Mackenzie KIM 801d tonight in a broadcast address that those who vote "no" in Mondays mailpower plebiscite would be say- ing in effect that they did not trust the government and Parlia- ment they elected.

Mr. King coupled this with the blunt statement that "if I did n00 believe that, as the head of 011B government. I continued to enJQv the confidence of the People. “"0 time and again have returned me to office, I would not wish to’ re- main in office an hour longer.’

Mr. King spoke over a national network of the Canadian Broad- casting Corporation in an appeal to the ople to vote "yes" in Mon- day's pebisclte on the question: "Are you in favor of releasing the government from any obligation s- rising out of any past commitme its restricting the methods of raising men for military service."

Mr. King said the situation now was more serious than when he spoke April '1 initiating the series of plebiscite campfll-Bll speeches over the national network of the Canad- ian Broaudcastlnp corporation.

He forecast that Germany and Japan would try to oin their land forces this summer: y gaining sea supremacy. isolate the western bem- isphei-e; and, sooner or later. at- tack this continent, possibly through