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CHARLOTTETOWN, CANADA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1942

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Efllvinice H35 PQSQQI Th6 MHIIOII iMark Report-T; Made I H Tell how Gorvette D utch P ape!’

Believe

Nazi

Cruiser

Prince, Eugen Crippled

Admiralty reports battleships Scharnhorst and Gneisenau lie crippled in German docks.

0N, To. ze-(om-m submarine ‘Trident, noe-

mmi-lpp into enemy waters. has dotm and crlPllled *1 N531

' believed m be the msltlvb fi-‘Qfrgugen while that. warshillll “m; comrade! 01 m9 9W" and; Qwape battle 11¢ 1Y1 Germ?“ m“ knocked om, of the war or m“, time toodcome. the Bvvbmmml

col t 91y. ‘“,",,°§“F,,1,, rmd of the Admiralty. , v_ Alexander, and the Admiralty Q11 made the unnouncemenrf. ‘my’ dxnmenied Prime Minister whurchllkg recent statement that 1m, German naval flotilla consist» f“ o1 the iofoo-ton Prinz Eugen m4 the zcsoo-wn battleship! 1,1,5"; .. b and Gneisenau had i med m immediate advent-ass h ‘their scnsadional dosh from Brest wccmmn North Sea 09595 0n M, 13, through the Straits of

D001‘.

Illtboush Mr. Alexander. 1n DR- nntlng the naval estimates in the 50m of Commons. made the most. comprehensive dcfelblle 0! me mull Nnvy and of himself since ‘m; Nazi Channel dash shocked tho wuntry; he did not. manage to stem urltlclsm.

l w! by the old naval hero, . Admiral of the Fleet Sir R08" ' Keycs. Conservative, who alts ' for Portsmouth North, critics chi-god the navy lacked hull‘ e lly-nrmcd torpedo aircraft, trained pilots and dynamic dl- . rtctlon.

51; gpger, 1n uniform as 0n

‘day lie delivered his dWfl-blflb- Jnfattnck on the Giambbrlbln lfllvmment for not rlsklrl8 the Amino of Trondheim Harbor in the Norwegian campaign, chi?!“ that “war by committees" is stifl- Jg Mr, Churchill. . Another Conservative, Patrick W. =Donner, MP. for BaslII-gstcke Di- rvlslon, said it was “difficult i» soc Jun! Mr. Alexander could be ab- ’ valved from responsibility for send- hg the Prince of Wales and Re- puiu to the Far East without ade- "lluutc air support."

’, (Contirigd on page 2. Col 3)

5Rec0rd Liquor Sales V; And Profits In N. B.

mrinmrcrmu, Feb. ze-(c?) .-lleoord high sales a-nd prof-its Jere revealed today when the sm- nunl mint of R. G. Fulton. Com- llflssioncr of the New Brunswick liquor Control Boa-rd, was pm- llllod to thc Legislature.

Bales ln the year ending last 0ft. 31 anictitiled to $6.62'L6B3. an ‘increase of $1418.34’? over the pre- vious year. Profits of $2,220,307 were $564,569 higher. A total of _tl.ll99.5?tl svcs paid to the federal ulvcrnmcnt in cusirtms and excise wiuties and soles lax.

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No more fishing Rods, Golf clubs

OTTAWA, Feb. 3G -(CP)~. Manufacture of numerous met- al articles, including some‘ snbrtlnl Ibods and cookln, llltllblll. Wlll be halted immed- iately under an order onnoumh 9d lollllllt by Munitiom Min- ister i-fowe.

The list includes metal ski poles. flshlns Pods and golf clubs which may not be manu- factured after Feb. 27. Manu- facturers are given until April

o 29 to clear present stocks and sales by manufacturers will b0 banned after that date.

Willkie urges Seek out foe

HOLLYWOOD, Feb. 26—(AP) — (Advance) -—'I‘rhe United Nations will not win the war on the defen- sive, Wendell Wlllkle told the an- nual award dinner of the academy of motion picture arts and scien- ces tonight.

“We want our navy seeking out the enemy, not. hugging our shores for fear the enemy will seek us out

'—as some of our distinguished Bezliictors have suggested," Wlllkie an .

Gh’tovvn needs $85,200 to go Over the top,

Summerside Continues To Lead Race With Percentage Of Objec- tive Realized.

Prince Edward Island passed the million dol-lar mark in the Victory Loan campaign yesterday. A total of $1,010,250 has already been chalk- ed up to the credit of the province 1n Canada's Second Victory Loan, it was revealed by figurm released ‘Wm Provlnclnl Headquarters last night. The objective for the Island

$1.500, .

Charlottetown with $514,800 f0 its credit needs another $85,200 80 “over the top" in the drive. The objective set for the city is $600,000. In the first. campaign last sum. mer Charlottetown, in common With other parts of the province, succeeded in oversubscrlblng tlie loan by a. substantial amount. The city has realized 85.8 per cent of its quota to date.

Summerside ls out ahead in the race at present with almost B8 per cent of its objective subscribed already. Figures shovred last night that citizens there subscribed a to- tal of $232,950 to the loan. The objective is $265,000. It will be re- called that Summer ide was the first town of its size in Canada to go “over the top" in the last drive. It needs only another $33,050 to fill its quota this time.

‘Ilre other sections of Queen's, Prince and KingsCountles are also contributing generously to the vic- tory Loan and each clay their total is swelled. To date Queen's has sub- scribed $138,000; Prince $63,600 rind King's $60,900.

“We want our armies p l:- ing every active front. We want our fighting planes leading our bomb- ers to their goal. It sickens me b0 think of America lnlcrms of de- ence. '

"I om tired of hearing of defence efforts and defence rallies, and even defence bonds. We should begin to talk of conquering efforts and vic- tory rallies and bombardment

bonds.

" t's begin to strike! Let's be- gin to winl" _

Wlllkle recalled that "scarcely six months ngo—and it. now seems incredible-I was defending the m0- tion picture industry from the ex- traordinary charge that it was cn- gaged in propaganda against those some totalitarian forces.’

flit Germany’ . Hard from Air is advice

LONDON. Feb. 20-(0? Cable)- Viscount Trencliard. Marshal 01 lie Royal Air yprce told the House of Lords today he bbllévbd 3"‘ tuin should hit. Germany hard from .|..u: air “so that. the STEM? Germ” army has to face the Russians ot- tncking in front and our boiribln! fcrces attacking to the real‘.

"Interrupt the life 0f lllbll‘ "b: glen," he said" “The Royal in Force ls pining to do it. It is l» 6 sole weapon that can get to lhl heart. of Germany?’

ne said that Probably no mo" than half of the available bomber foice has been used B80105?’ 0"’ ntuny. The otlicr half, lic said, has been engaged tn mlnelaylng or ot- tacking ships. '

lord Chatficld. Admiral of the fleet, dealing with the naval ll- pccts of the war asked the govern- ment to give information in secret ecessary on the naval building program "so the country can have, some confidence 2n our naval posi- tion and will know when there will be an opnort-unltv to renal“ our position in the Pacific."

New German battleships. he Sl-id. are bigger than Britain's and high- ly modern.

"People do not realize that the only way we can lose the war in o. day or a week is through the navy." be added. "We mny need tents and aircraft. to win victory, but you can lose n war by noti-huiug enough ships."

Still soak to p Gonrtact prisoners

no. 20—(OP)-’l‘he inept. sn-

n on Cross ct GQIIOVI that it now la boa- alble for them to transmit “some to Tokyo. not ox- 25 words"

m dooortmenit uld it had sent. " in Geneva aaki

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Thousands of Allietl Soldiers Fight in Java

BANDUNG. Java, Fleb. 26 —(A- Pl-“Tliousands of British, Aus- tralian and American troops are on our side in Jnva," LL-Gen. Heln Ter Poorten, commander in chief of the Netherlands East Indies ar- nnunced in a broadcast tonight.

Presence of the allied troops in Java. had been announced to the outside world a fcw days ago. but tonight's remarks by the Indies commander contained the first: of- ficlal reference to their size.

American air units have been in Java for some time.

Speaking in English. Gen. Hein Ter Pool-ten acknowledged that. the situation of Java, with the Japan- ese closing ln. is perilous. Hc said thene was no reason for light-heart- ed optimism. but added that on 1I~c other hand there also was no roo- son for pessimism.

MacArthufls men Go on offensive

WASHINGTON. Feb. 26 - (AP) ——Gen. Douglas MacArthurs men on Bat-an peninsula have suddenly taken the offensive, capturing num- erous Japanese advance position),

in onmsecwr forcing the ln- vaders to mtreat several kilomet- res, the United States war depart- ment reported today. ~

For from beaten, the defenders of the Phllliplnes "attacked sharp- ly all along the line." The surprise thrust. was apparently successful generally, but particular-y so on the right where the deepest enemy withdrawal took place. Main enc- my positions were not penetrated, lire communique said, but. at last reports the fighting was still progress andlocal successes oon- tin Y

Local man ls- llamed Director

OTTAWA, Ileb. zo-uCPl-A. K. floyd o1 Kelowna, 5.6., was elected 1m president of the Oeoflolbn Horticultural Council mt the clos- ing melon of its 20th onflllll movi- gn‘ M“ wnighl. He succeeds Cl. H. Mitchell of memory. Onl-

R. E. Codlbout of Montreal wu elected vies-president bfld Mbl- 1‘- D, 511mm of Port. Wlllllml. NA. nocond vloe president.

.;_ w, Boulter, Charlottetown. was named a director. R. J. Leslie. xentvllle, NA. was avpolnwd 1°

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War Situation Last Night

(By KIRKE L. SIMPSON, Associated Press War Analyst)

London is setting the stage for revamping its policy toward India under the gravest threat. to British rule there since the first imperial

ltnndard was raised on Indian soil

more than three centuries ago.

Japanese invaders swarming in Burma are knocking at the gates of Rangoon, already ablaze as British forces apply the scorched-earth pol- icy. Burmcse oil wells, like those in parts of the Netherlands Indies, have

also been put to the torch. The smoke of that new retreat

of the allies further cloud: the war

scene in the Far Pacific-Indian Ocean theatre us an OIIIlIIOIISIy rising

toll otf shipping losses in the Atlantic also is indicated by London. Yet

there are elements in both theatres of action to relieve allied gloom. o o a o o I

Whatever the duration of the debate on Indian policy in London,

if. seems certain the grim advance

of Japanese forces in Burma must

load to more effective mustcrlng of India‘: manpower against the Axis. Nor can it be overlooked that Japan is being increasingly committed to

major operations on two fur-separated fronts simultane

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Distance and the time required for ships to reach danger points still lathe greatest factor forcing the allies to a. continuing retreat

strategy. Prime Minister Churchill

has emphasized that repeatedly to

explain recurrept reverses in Africa, in Malaya and now in Burma, Ile has set four months as the round-trip period for transports and

supply ships from Britain feeding

Good Hope route. It cannot be much war supplies across the Pacific. 4

carrying reinforcements or Q

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the Middle East via the Cape of shorter for American shipping

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Distance ls also enormously Increasing Japan's difficulties, however. She is a minimum of 3,000 miles by sea from her chosen zones of action.

The base of her transportation triangle stretches from Rangoon, nn the Indian Ocean, to the islands cant of New Guinea in the Pacific. an- other good 3,000 sea miles. The task of supplying that vast front is an eve-increasing strain upon Japanese sea power.

‘Rangoon Described

As City

0f Ghosts

Japs prepare for enveloping smash at City.

lBv DANIEL DELUCE) (Associated Press Staff Writer)

MANDMLAY. Burma, Feb. 26 - (APJ-Rangoon was described as a "city of ghosts" today by a. middle- aged Canadian couple who reached here as practically the last white tans to leave the Burmese call- ital sunday night.

They are Mr. and Mrs. Gordon S. Jury 0f Hamilton. Ont. volunteer technicians in the blood transfusion service who, incidentally. tapped

LONDON, Feb. 26--(AP)—(A Pl-Thc Japanese troops massed Bltmg the Slttung River spread upstream today for the final stages of an enveloping smash at rfungoon while Japanese nir- cruft, fighting in vain for con- trol of the skv over the heart of Burma. lost 2i planes to the British and American nir dc- fenders.

The new disposition of encmy troops along the last nuturni barrier to Rangoon, 60 to ‘l0 miles north of the city, was considered most. threatening. Military experts hero said would compel the British and Indian defenders to disperse their already out-numbered and battle-cut battalions now dc- fcndlng the west bank of the

' Sittung noar the river's mouth.

this correspondent. for a pint for a blood bank in a. Rangoon hospital early this month.

“A big‘ fire burned for two days in a Rangoon suburb." they said. “We heard that. it was bllffllllil rice stores. Nobody_ except a. few police- men and soldiers could be seen in the wide, silent downtown streets. There was a. dull echo of distant explosions aitcr dark. _

"Lootcrs could slip min deserted buildingsatid homes with little risk of detection. To licar a foothill be- hind you was almost as stnrtlmil as a thundcrclnpl’.

Express “very Great shock”

VANCOUVER. Fob. 26 -—(CP) —— A Japanese spokesman here tonight expressed "very great shock" at Ot- tawa reports that u dtisk-to-dawn curfew was About to be allllllefl w all Japanese living in British Col- umius coastal defence area and The New Canadian, English-lang- uage smil-wvekly publication of the nesc here, planned p, special Qdlldflll lb 513MB‘! the news.

Meanwhile it was learned that many Japanese are selling businesses ln view of the statement of. Ottawa lest night of Labor Min- ialer Mitchell um the government plans ultimately to move all Jap- nneae, naturalized and unnaturalil- od including men, women and

children, from the ooul. u-ee.

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More Ganuck Airmen. reach- . Great Britain

OTTAWA, Feb. zs- (cm-sate arrival overseas of a. contingent of cirmen trained in Canada. was made known here today.

Virtually all of the men con- cerned in the movement were air farce men, it was itndersmod.

They left Catiadinti soil recently mid only today after receipt of information in official quarters that they had arrived safely some- where in Britain wvas authority given for publication of the fact they had departed from Canada.

The wzotmngent was smaller man many which preceded it and there was a. little delay in disem- barkiitg the air and mound crews. The men boarded trains for re- ception centres in southern Eng- land where they will await pogt- lng with squadrons in various parts of the country’,

The convoy of big grey Vesgelg

carried Canadian Austrulzan and New Zealand airmen, _As t-he escorting naval vessels (flopped the convoy at. the entrance to the big harbor the airmen. wraDlWd in their warm great con-ts, swarmed about the decks. cheered and waved fnrcwell.

Flying Tigers Take Toll Of Enemy Planes

CHUNGKING, Feb. 26 -(APv _ The flying 'I‘lgcrs-—1hc American volunteer group- shot- down a to- tal of 34 planes in attacks yester- rlay and today on Japanese forma- tions over Thailand, a central news (official Chinese agencyl dispatch said tonight». The Americans suf- fered no loss of their own, it suirl

Curfew Is Imposed “ On B. C. Japanese

OTTAWA, Feb. 26 --(CP> -Ja- panese living within the British Columbia protected areas must. re- main in their homes between sun- set and sunrise under a curfew or- der approved by the Dominion gov- emment, it. was learned late today.

Jilstice department Officials said

their some additional details of the or-

der awaited final drafting, but. it was expected in be effective ll- most. immediately.

The order applies to all persons of the Japanese race in the pro- tected area. which includes the Bria- lsh Columbia oout. and the islands.

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Lost in Wolf-pack llaid on Gonvoy

island Man One Of Eight Who Managed To Get Away From Stricken Craft.

By Louis Hunter Olnadian Press Staff Write‘-

LONDON, Feb. 26~—(OP Cable)- Survivors of the Canadian corvette splkenard torpedoed and sunk dur- lllt; a submarine wolf-pack attack on a. convoy in the North Atlantic, spent l8 1-2 limits adrift, on a. half subme 5rd float. it was revealed tonight. Thev buried two of their companions at sea after stripping them of their clothes to cover their

own scantily-clad and shivering bodies The gallant. little ship went

down three min-Utes after the tor- pedo struck and all but eight of the crew of 6'7 men aboard per- ishod in a see. blackened by mid- night darkness.

Other mnadian corvettcs drop- ped depth charge after depth charge into the calm waters Ln l vicious counter-attack against the submarine puck.

The men aboard the Splkenard had on-ly the baresl. chance of sav- ing themselves and the eight. olive today had on astonishing escape. Many of them were asleep when the torpedo ripped into the side of the vessel just below the bridge. The exrploslon splintered the port. lifeboat and fiumes frcm the fore- Dflrt. of the vessel engulfed the. starboard lifeboat.

Chief PettyOfillcer Alex Day, 34. 0f Verdun, Qua, Stoker's Reg Mac- Milian, 22, of Mount Stewart. RE. L, George Morrison, 22, of Pictou. us. and others able to get away were left with only a. float and a raft. which they barely had time to cut. adrift.

Their desperate plight ended the day after the torpedoing when they were picked up by o British corvette. hours lifter their hopes had been falsely buoyed by the ap- pearance on the horizcn of an air- craft. which disappeared without. sighting lfnem.

Day, MacMillan and Morrison passed through London tonight at the end of their leave on their way back to sea and Canada. de- termined to oven the score for their friends whom the Nazis kill- ed, They told the first. story of the desperate U-boot attack which failed to halt the Padsage of the convoy their ship was escorting.

Sipping tee in the forces‘ can- teen of one of London's gloomy railway stations Wlllll‘ they waited for a train to talze them to a Bri- tiui port, they told their story.

Urge improved Dock facilities For Gh’town

The Innnsportation Committee of the Charlottetown Board ol ‘Trade has forwarded a resolution to Fed- eral Minister of Public Works P. J Cardin urging immediate action looking toward the improvement of dock facilities at Charlottetown. it was announced yesterday. The reso- lution was passed at a meeting of the committee held this week.

The text; of the resolution follows:

Whereas. under Section l8 of the Duncan Report of 1926 it was ic- commencied that. the necessary docking facilities be provided to meet the needs of Prince Edward Island.

And whereas. the necessary hydro- graphlc surveys were carried out, inside and outside the harbour, showing sufficient. depth of WMGI‘ at. dead low tide for large class of vessels. and new charts are now tvailable

And whereas. the contract had been let. for the enlorgtnlr of the Railway Wharf during 1940. and for providing much greater depth water at. this pier. and for which all metal material required is now on the ground, at. Charlottetown. ready for use in the necessary re- pairs and new construction.