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CPlARLOTTltTOWN. TUESDAY. APRIL 13. 1043

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T ARMY PLUNGES NORTHWARD FROM SOUSSE

lEIgi-Gen. l. H. Roberts is Named To New Post Final Tunisian Victory _I_r_i_ Sight

Much Hard Figllting Remains,

However.

laps Building Airfields 0n lliska, Attu

A FAB. WESTERN U.S. sass 1N THE ANDEEANOFF ISLANDS. April a -tDslaycd) -iAPi— Despite repeated bombing, the Japanese src “Shin; to aainpletion a 1on8 lighter field 1m Kllkl ""1 l bomber field on Attrl. ti“ Head-

long lltll Bomber Ciilllllllflil quarters fcffllltfll Nil!-

The Kisks runway, which within two weeks m! he" zeros zooming from ltto meet American bombers. llll h"! bombed six times.

Attu has been lttlckflll twice by l0 four-engined bomb- ers which unloaded so tons of explosives.

After the bombintlr IP13?‘ entiy. the Japanese crawled from their trenches surround- ing the fields lilll illfll ill‘ loosened atone.

These runways may indicate that the enemy is precariou-

l. To repcia naval bomb!“- mrnt with Zeros.

2. To; epei any landing on iheJew ‘ ' '~"~r*-

3. To hanss advance Unit!!! States bases if possible.

4. To hit United States shit!- plng lines.

s. To launch an offensive of his own against Alaska. Th0 us» of transports June 4. 19d!- lndicntcs that he has had thll idea in his mind.

To Experiment With Long Line Vessel

UITAWA. A ril 12-40?) —C0n- ill-notion of a ong-llne fishing ves- sel to enable experiments west coast fishing methods on the At-

_ iantic coast is authorized by“ ‘till;

ordsr-in-council tabled today ilouse oi Commons.

Cost of the constructing, equip- 1 operating the vessel 1s es-

mllted at 000,000.

The order says that production oi fishery products is declining and that a lower production oi At- lantic cod, haddock hake and cusk is due partially to the use oi vessels which require skilled dorllmfin-

, Some of these vessels are 1n want of

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185,506 illd llgo Pensioners

OTTAWA, April l2 -—(CP)— Old are pensions were paid to 185,508 Prrrons in 1942, it was reported in l truly tabled today in the House of Commons for Percy Black (Pi-cg. C011. Cumberland). _

The number of pensioners in each U00 of population varied from 14. in Alberta to seas 1n New Brunswick. {Wendie monthly pensions ranged Pom $13.52 in Prince Edward hand i0 $19.26 ln British Columbia.

3y provinces, the numbe "liners was: Albert; Columbia 14.411, New Brunswick 11 #4111. On rlo sasso, Prince sid- nard Islsn 1,918. Quebec 41,450.

t-chcwan - 18.215, Northwest Territorieg pin. _

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CRAWLIIY. ma. - more

11th“ Poverty in this Sussex town

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liaising Events

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‘gm loci ca!’ gallon in Illn- d-lr-ii.

_ “Unloading oar bulk wheat at it, mffirbert. pique prices 02am.

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By William B. King Associated Press Staff Wrltor

KAIROUAN, Tunisia, April 12 - (APh-For the first time since November fJlVfl to Diedeida rapid advance of the 8th army and the smashing victory of the 1st Army at Fondouk Clap and in the Kalrouan Plain have brought final might: victory within sight of the A11 signs left behind by the flec- lng Germans and Italians indicate panic and haste but another and harder battle in the north is in- evitable. While success has crowned the eastward drives of the British and American hoops. all have fall- cd to cut off large portions of the Axis southern almies.

In the plains around Ksircuan and on the roads which converge on the Holy City, elements of the 8th and 1st Armies have again made a jjunctlon but Rommers army... wca enec to the extent of having whole divisions obliterated-still ex- ists as a fleeing entity which may turn and fight bitterly at any point

Just as the 8th Army failed in the ideal manoeuvre. which would have been to envelop Rommel in Libya or against Msreth. so the 1st Al‘my failed to break through to Kairollan in time to cut. off his aetrest or to smash his "soft: shelled" vehicos which were massed in this area.

Nevertheless, the cumulative ef- ct of the continue sth Arrnv . lair- of the 1st Arm! ss considerably weakened the ability oi the Axis to make Tunis s second Tobruk or Leningrad. Observers attach importance to the fact that most of the holding forces met by the Allies in recent offensives have been ftalians and Austrian; and. in one instance. Germans who were frankly antl- Nazi. It indicates. they believe, that Rommel is saving onlv the cream 0i his Army for a stubborn stancl‘ in the north.

il.S. lievamps Draft Glasses

' WASHINGTON, April 12—(AP)- Selective Service revamped draft classes today preparatory to 1n- ducting into the United States armed services this year every able- bodicd male between the ages of 18 and S1 inclusive, except the follow-

1 :—- nl. Men employed full-time in es- sential farming. 2. Men lrreplacfabigie in essélliilil o

- it . no; lldgflw ma] induction would

en whose mean “extreme hardship and Pfi- vatlon" to dependents.

The chan es in classification swept away ependoncy deformcnts for childless married men. Edited

"fathers class." created a s . mm whose induc n would mean extreme hardship, and eliminated the 3-3 classification established a ar ago for men with dependents and engaged in essential occuvli‘ ions

Midi °i"‘"‘..‘2i‘.‘.°.’li'.r.§?.‘.‘.‘ X.- o u , w o as a selective Service. will TQWYi-F‘

the revision oi regllili-iflil! athiel;

"a long as possible" but 1 was in- dltiated that the lob of raising the armed forces to a_ total . 00. wit." titers: "w..il"l1."°:s ss the induction of fa era b? lbw"

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u(¥l'l Canada married men between the es oi 10 and 2B are subiwi to military service within the Dom- inion.)

ilanodilins llro Eating More Eggs

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MONTREAL, April 12 -(GP) — unforeseen increase in Canadian cg‘ consumption is threatening ful- fi cot or Canada's e88 Wnllwi yin-i Ig-ltaln, w. A, Brown. chief oi the P0 lfarketinl and PN- %L°........“°“ "i .i'i..o°‘u‘i‘..'..°i’li‘é“i§2 OI! . gtaebac Poultry Industry Oianmlttae Dgneatio III consumPi-lbll. fill!- cset at ll per cent higher than in 1042.1! actually averaging 30 W 50 gar cent higher this ynr. rown estimated eddl that may increase atlll er when meat rationing comes into offset. In Brown

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Will Command All ilanadian lieinforoements

Six Senior Overseas Appointments A n - ncunced By Defence Headquarters.

DIAL-GEN. J. ll. ROBERTS

OTTAWA, April 12 -tCP)— Do. fence Headquarters tonight im- ilounced appointment of Mai-Geri, J. H. Roberts, who commanded the Canadian forces in the big Di- eppe raid last August, to command all Canadian reinforcement. units in the United Kingdom.

Th important new post for Gen. Roberts, 52, and an officer with_extensive experience L1 a fighting soldier, headed a list of six senior overseas appointments announced by Defence Headquar-

rs.

Lt.-Ool. T. G. Gibson, 35, oi To- ronto, ls named commander of a Canadian infantry brigade over- seas and is promoted to the rank of brigodier, the youngest officer 0f that railk in the Canadian Arfy. Other prcmotions:-

Brig. J. P‘. A. Lister. 36. oi Vic- toria, is promoted from the rank of colonel and becomes Deputy-Ad- jutant and Quartermsster-Gentral of a Canadian corps overseas. He was formerly Assistant Deputy Qunrtcrnlaster-General at Canad- iian Military Headquarters in Lon- on.

Brig. J. E Sager. 45. o! Vllnwll- vcr, 1s promoted from the rank of

Lieutenant-Colonel and is placed in command of a Canadian infan- try brigade.

Brig. Hurry Sllnrp. D C M. 45 of North Battlcford. Sash. is pro- moted from the rank of Lieuten- ant-Colonel and assumes command of a Canadian infantry brigade. Brier. Emmett McCuskor. M C . 53. of Regina. is promoted from the rank oi Colonel and ls appointed Deputy-Director oi Msduial Ser- vices of s Canadian corps.

Montcalm Was Given To Russia

OTTAWA, April 12 —(CP)- The government ice-breaker Montcalm. sent to Russia to operate at Arch- angel, ‘nas been given to the Russ- ian government, it was disclosed in an order-ili-councll tablet: today in the House of Commons.

The vessel TONI" * A. hmlli March 5. 1042. Cost of overhauling

000 and equipping her for the voyage

and returning the crew to Canada was borne by the Canadian govem- merit.

Says Allied invasion ilear

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LONDON, April 12—<CPl— Broadcasting to continental France the Algiers radio said tonight that in; Lin-lg for the signal of the al- lied approach to Elli-ow "ll 0° longer distant."

"Pay attention to the BBC and u, radio prance (Al lers), which will give you the slgna for our a - proach.“ the esmsn said

the broadcast. recorded here by the Associated Press.

"More than ever we say to no tonight ‘a biqilwif" ("W5 N l¢ ' ing you soon. l

nlislTlTe OPERATIONS

OLACE BAY. us. April ls- ' (c?) -Domln1on Cos company‘: No. 1-1! Collie here resume; oper- ations today. a ter a half-da strike o! m giirwdisflsliilfetr of. ‘u. $2? walired out Saturday because

fused extra pay for wor in was

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Credit must be given the f‘

El Akarit a week ago.

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might have poured down into tile

slip through the Sousse bottleneck.

mere trickle.

War Situation Last Nigh

the traps laid for him during hi; ret

By Glenn Babb, Associated Press War Analyst

The Tunisian war has come down to the stage oi siege perhaps the flnsbchapter. There may be one more, an attempt at evlatiulstion sci-oi; the Sicilian narrowsJBut Rommel‘: long flight across Africa is at an end, It has brought him to the narow bridgehead where he and Von Arnlm apparently are ordered by Hitler to stand and fight to gain a few week]

The Axis forces are boxed at last in an area of 4,000 square miles or less, smaller than any oi the United States except Rhone Island and Delaware. Probably it will be still more narrowly contracted within a few days. There is every indication that it will be the scene of 30mg or the "i"! hilt-Hut Illhtlng and the Allies still may have a stiff price to pay.

commander for having escaped all reat up the Tunisian coast. all ex- cept the final trap in the Tunis-Biaerte area. In ordq- to some, chi. 0503M he had to make the last leg of his flight the hastiest of all, more "m" 125 ""395 in ‘l!!! 51X llflys following the 8th Army's break through at

At times it took on the appearance of a rout under the relentless punishment of the Allied air fleets but he succeeded in bringing the great bulk of of his army more or less intact into the northern zone. The price of 20,000 prisoners lost to the 8th Army and a few thousand more to the Americans and French was not an excessive one for such an oper-

Throughout the move northward, after Gen. Montgomery drove him out of the Mareth Line, Rommel’! picked rearguarrls fought. a series of successful holding battles in the Dlsses through which the Americana

coastal plain and destroyed his re-

treating coiumns. The last of these apparently was in Fondouk Pass, "he" ti" 69'5""! Mill illlllf enough to allow the main Africa Corps to

For the defence of the Tunis-Bizerte fortress area. the Axis com- mend probably can muster some 200.000 men, perhaps half of whom are (“mun val-Wm“ Th" IITIIY still can be supplied after a fashion by in- 117938111811’ hlllfdll"! "Id costly sea and air routes but the time may come when this flow of help, none ton vigorous now, will be reduced to a

Seek To Increase Sugar Beet Output

(By The Canadian Press)

Dominion and provincial govern- ments ule co-operatirlg with private enterprise in all effort to increase the sugar-beet production that con- trlbuted approximately 100,000 tons to Canada's sugar supply last year, or about one-fifth the amount 1m- ported. _

The main federal aid to the in- dustry 1s in the form of rebates on the excise tax payable on refilled sugar, willie the provinces are helli- lng through their departments of agriculture and, ill the case of Ontario, by direct subsidy to beet producers.

Alberta. Ontario and Manitoba, in that Order. are the chief pro- duccrs. Quebec has sponsored ex- Psfimeiiml llYOJBCts in several parts of tile province, while experimental gl-owings have n made under government sponsorship in the Mar- itime provinces,

Canadian 1942 sugar-beet crop of 716,00 [0115 valued at $4,430,000 came from 63,300 nor-s. a somewhat silllliicr area than in 1941 a slightly hlgne. net output with a va ue almost $300,000 above the 1941 figure. Tho sugar content rlllls about 300 pounds to the ton of beet. Acreage devoted to sugar-beet this yeni- has not yct been establish- ed.‘ but possibility that it; might go higher is seen in tile federal budget provisions which plan lln increased graelzxlwtattel on excise taxes, effective EX 5111118110; have been con- dcte under the Quebec department. 01' “Bricuiture ill various sections of 111M Province over the lust 12 years, but as yet the ldustry has pm. ouced no sugar 1n commercial quantities.

Good Beets l-iere

Tests made on Nova Scotla aild Prince Edward Island farms a 19w Y9"! H80 showed that high- unlit beets could be rown there, ut. i was decided pl‘ uction would not. be sufficient to support a facto . Mflflv farmers are planning small crops for home use this year. Similarly in New Brunswick. beets are pm. dllced 0111i‘ in isolated cases a1- tholllh the Dominion experimental ill." l.‘.‘i.."‘5§li3‘°'i..’f”°’f..“ i?“ rve e Brunswick soil. w

CULTURE IN LENINGRAD

MOSCOW -lCP)- The Soviet 00m , Boris Asaf ev, who n. W!" lffivod in oscow from i-flllillqffld. re rted that the cul- tural iic of e war-scarred city on the Neva is flourishing with i0 dramatic theatres functioning.

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I00 Jap Planes Raid Port Moresby

ALLIED HEADQUARTERS 1b AUSTRALIA, April 13 tTuesday) - (OP) -- Ono-hundred Japanese planes attacked the Allied base at Port Moresby, New Guinea Mon- day, the Allleo High Command ari- nounced today.

Fifty-two of the enemy planes were shot out of Action.

It was the heaviest enemy raid of the war in the southwest Pacific theatre. " - o

It wlls the second successive heavy raid on Allied positions in New Guliiea. Sunday the Japanese sent 45 bombers and fighters over Oro Bnv on the eastern Papuan coost. Twenty-three of those planes were shot out of action,

Floods Continue in Matitoba

WINNIPEG, April i2—-(CP)~. Fiood threats from the Asslnibolne River at Brandon, 140 miles west nf here. and other points increased tonight.

Meanwhile flood waters of the Red River, which claimed tile lives of two children during the lveek- 61133 M Selkirk, 20 nliles north oi Winnipeg. continued to menace n number of areas.

Dominion Water Power oiiidais said neither river has yet reached its peak.

iiand-To-iiand Fighting 0n Moscow Front

LONDON, April 12--(CPi-_c,¢-,-. man troops springing from trench- es lnunchecl five heavy attacks Monday at Soviet lines before Vol- kh°V°. 80 miles southeast of Leli- illgrad. and were beaten back after

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WW flare-up of hflnd-to-ilaild “Killing on this long-quiescent nor- thern sector of the Russian from, Moscow reported tonight.

Ali the attacks were flung back, the last one by a Soviet counter- blow. and the Germans lcft. more than 2.000 dead on the fields and in the trenches after fighting so bloody that prisoners were listed as only several dozen" in the mid. night communique as recorded by the Soviet Monitor,

The waves of German infantry swarmed from the long-established trenches five times in assaults against Marshal Semeon Time. "wit" forces, with the last fehamtey sllpmrwd by heavy artil-

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EiLY. Moderator

DR. J. S. BONNELL

NEW YORK. April l2 -—-iCPl -Dr. John Sutherland Bonneii, Pastor of Fifth Avenue Presby- terian Church, today wns elect- ed moderator of the Presbytery of the City of New York for the second time. lie is the only Canadian to have held the office,

Dr. Bonnell. native of Prince Edward Island. formerly was Pastor of Westminster Church. Winnipeg.

News Brief:

LONDON, April The Czecho - Slovak Foreign Ministry. paying unique tribute to Canada, has printed a special

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Canadian edition

Czccho - Slovak," uuge weekl zechs about

her people.

MONTREAL, April 12 — (OP) — Capt. John Stalllev Williams, 56, Weibiillown Sklpbcr of tile Imperial Oil C_Ol'ilpl1lly'5 Tanker Flotilla and one-time Lieutenant Commander of the Royal Navy’s Mediterranean Station, died in Venezuela, his wife here has been advised.

LONDON, April. lz—iCP)— Frenchmen between the ages of 18 and 32 are being deported to Germany fit the rate of 6,000 a

of “The Czech lan- 3‘ to tell exiled the Dominion and

day, according to reports uoted by the independent rench agency.

CHICOUTIMI, Que. April 12- tcPl-A strike vote was reported today to have been taken by em- ,ployecs of the lleilrby Dolbeau Plant of Price Brothers and Com- pany Limited, whose newspaper and paper mills at Jonquiele, Riverbcnd and Kcnogtlmi have been tied lip for six days by a strike of approximately 1.275 workers. Result: of the Dolbenu vote was not. announced.

WASHINGTON, April ll — (APl- Americans on the home front. using their money as ammunition against the Axis, intlliy swung into the opening phase of the 513.000.000.000 war bond ilrive with such gus- in that the Treasury said: "tremendous."

OTTAHIA, April I2—(CPl-Pgr-

New Line.

almost reckless speed to

near Enfidaviile, Though

a final 25 miles under a join the bulk of German

Fahs.

Kslrouan. Moslem holy City and big Axis aerial air base 34 miles southwest of Sousse. was abandoned to British and American forces yes- terday. and surviving German ar- mor was streaming scmss the plains northward to escape being caught in an Allied entrapment. One tank force was intercepted 12 miles northwest ofbKalrouan and field dispatches said 1B of them were destroyed.

The 11.5. 2nd army corps i001! Fold Pass without opposition. part- 1 oven ing the defeat suf ered t ere w en Rommel struck west- ward in his drive toward Tebessa early in the Tunisian campaign.

Heavy Air Blows

British and American forces con- tinued to strike terrible blows, con- verting scores of enemy vehicles into scattered wreckage and almost wiping the Axis from the skies. A total of 41 enemy planes were des- troyed yesterday against a. loss only 14 Allied craft. '

Thirty of the enemy planes downed yesterday were bill ing suicidally to cross Sicilian Straits with gasoline and other supplies for Rommel! forces.

With the captives of the last few days, the sth army now has taken more than 100,000 prisoners since E1 Alamein. iind the enemy has left a trail of thousands of graves over a 2.000-mlle stretch from the flat sands of Egypt to the grassy hills oi Tunisia. About B0 per cent of the risoners are Italians, lclt behind v the withdrawing Gor- mans. The British 1st army, French and Americans have taken several thousand more Dii-‘QYWIKS. many 0T them Germans.

(A Rome radio commentator said: "It is a grave moment . . ours is 1

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sons finding ally article they be- lievc tn llslvc riroppcci from an air- plane arc required to inform a p0-, lice officer or justice of the peace,| under provisions of an order-in- collncli tabled today in the House] of Commons. ‘The order applies also to nriirics of any member of an armed force, including the. en- cml‘. which have been lost or a- bandoned.