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counter-Offensive

Reds Advance

In E-Da! Push

Iy HENRY 0. CASSIUI ‘Appointed Press Stuff W116i:

MOSCOW. Aug. ﬂ-(Thurcdazl- (APJ-A Red army coupler-at northwest of Moscow to relieve pres- siue on ‘mperilled Stalingrad wa reported officially early today to have killed 45.000 Germans in a 15 dav push that recaptured 610 local- ities and regained from U l0 M miles or territory.

Soviet troops under Gen. Go'- gory zhukov, who turned iihe cler- maiis back from Moscow last fall, Wm», reported flizihtlng all the gates of RZlIPV, 130 miles northwest of tho ma capital. after takin the towns of KIITXIIZIHOVO. Pogorc oye-Gorod- ishche. and Zubtsov.

u was too early to determine the effects of this huge drive on the still sorely critical Stalingrad front. where a 1,000,000-man Nazi ajmv ivas assalling the approaches to that vital Volga city from two directions.

a midnight communique isried sitar the special announcement telling of the d ‘ve on the Kehiin and western fronts. said:--

"in the area northwest of Stalin- grad intense battles continue The encmy has concentrated large forc- co of tanks and infantry and under cover of his air force is continuous- ly attacking our positions.

The (ion-cans were believed to be rriiy 30 iliYes frcm the city, but

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Warning Re Ration Boo-ks

OTTAWA. Aug 26-(0?) —Offlci- lis of the Wartime Prices and Trade Boards ration division said in a itateruent tonight. that some per- sons already have detached and returned to regional ration offices postcards contained in the new ration books now being distributed by the Board.

Warning that the postcard should no". be used until the holder of the ration book is advised to do so, officials said "persons who do so before the proper time are merely b" g up trouble for themselves," because tho card probably will not be returned to the holder, the Board said, and should be kept in n ration book or some other safe place until needed.

Distribution of the ration books, used for tea, sugar and coffee, start- ed Monday.

CLOSE GASPE FOREST!

QUEBEC, Aug. 26- (GEN-Hon. Pierre Emile Cote, provincial min- bier of lands and forests and of runes and fisheries, ordered today . prohibition oi all travelling in the forests oi the Gsspe district. The order of the ministry of lands lad forests follows a. period of uvness which leaves the wooded ircas of the Gaspe peninsula in linger oi fire.

Coming Events

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Fight Appears. Going Well In Solomons

WASHINGTON, Aug. 20—(A.P) —Unlted States air power has repulsed one Japanese Invasion fleet pectin to recapture vital areas in c Solomon Islands and hac wreaked ‘r-avoo among attacking Japanese planes, the navy disclosed today.

All In Ill. the results to data of the terrific new struggle for strategic Islands arc "encourag- lng,” a communique said, but ll made plain that a large-scale sea battle still rages nortf. of the Solomons, and that the outcome can not yet. be estimated.

As In indication of the blows dealt the enemy since ‘he start- ed his current effort to regain control oi the southeast Solo- mons, the navy disclosed that at. least l3 Ja anese s'.lps have

been damaged.

Six of these, Including two destroyers were left burning fiercely after American bombers attacked enemy transports, emis- ers and destroyers ap- proach lnI the major ls- lnnd of Guadalcanal from the northward on Aug. 24. Other vessels ln this ﬂeet withdrew.

lndlcatlons were that this In- vasion force was one of two ﬂeets t‘e Japanese had fflrewn Into the struggle. The ofilier has been operating to (the Northeast- ward in '1 malor sea battle. That fleet. which Includes alr- plane carrier: and warsihlns. has been enraged by U S forces for two days.

Roosevelt Plans Busy Speaking Tour

WASHINGTON, Aug. 26—(AP)—— President Roosevelt. today arranged a crowded speaking schedule, key-ad to war-time problems and coin- pressing three top-flight addresses into eight days.

The speeches, all to be broadcast nationally and internationally, will conclude with an exposition of the administration's latest plan to at.- tack inflation and mounting living costs in the United States.

This is the scheduler-

Aug. Ill-Dedication of a new nav- al medical centre in nearby Neth- esda, Md.

Sept. Il-Address to the youth of the world through an assembly here of the International Student Service.

Sept. ‘f-Labor Day speech-the one on inflation.

Presidential Secretary Ste hen Early said he thought “they wi all be extremely interesting."

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Enemy Ships Destroyed And Damaged

Allied Troops Go Into Immediate Action; Landing Made at Milne Bay.

ALLIED HEADQUARTERS, Aust- ralia, Aug. 2'1—(Thursday) --(CP) -Ja.panese shock troops have land- ed on bhe southeastern tip of New Guinea less than 500 miles from the Australian mainland despite heavy Allied air action which des- troyed onc enemy transport, six landing barges, and probably cruiser, it was announced officially today.

The Japanese marines landed from a small oonvoy at Milne Bay, 180 miles down the New Guinea coast from Buna, where the Jap- anese were revealed yesterday to have estblished an air base in their attempt to conquer all New Guinea.

"Our ground forces anticipated this movement and are in contact with the enemy," a spokesman said.

The Japanese convoy was the lame which allied airmen had at- tacked two days ago south of the 'I‘robriand Islands, he disclosed. In those attacks one enemy gun- boat was sunk and an undeter- mined number of casualties were inflicted on two transports which were machine-gunned by allied fl hter-bombers.

e official announcement of this ominous development in an area 600 miles west of U118 U S. Naval-

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Demon Ganuoks Blast Convoy

LONDON, Aug. 26 - (CP) —

' Wale lite main amis of the R..A.

Ii‘. and R.U.A.F'. bombing squad- rons were held idle, ilze Canadian demon squadron hammered a Ger- man convoy found off .he Filslilil Islands in the north ssa '1urs ay night, it was announced tcday.

"rwo enemy sin-gs we e dmnsﬁd in the atnack lad by Wing Czrdr. A.C. Blown of Win..i_,cg. Al. ..e raiding planes rezu.ii:d saLly ai- thcugn may wczc fciccd to beat off German night fighters giard- irig the convoy.

On grcuii; diidlCl w " Canadians wc.e bciuv d ai-..\e Szrgeant, bzlicixri to b: a can. sol/in. was repoitd to (in c stiol. down two Rcke-nliilf lilfs, ivliich rmdsd s, ssuilh Caﬂgb loin by fiing a Bren gun from his hip, ccm- mando fashion.

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ARCHEOLEGICKLiFIND

. MEXICO CITY. Aug. 26—tAPi-- Rich new arclieclogical finds, in- eluding a pyramid. a fortress and parts of a statue l8 feet high. all dating from the mysterious Tol- tec era of the scveiitli m 11th centuries, were announced today by the national institute of an- thropology ancl history.

The treasures were unearthed near Tuia, 50 miles from Mexico City. where the Toltec civilization flourished.

Chinese Besiege Big Jap -Held Air Base

INTERNATIUNA-L AT A GLANCE

By The Canadian Pnu

RUSSIA- nod Anny Mimi"- lttack on Moscow front make! he-dwgy: I‘ s reach outslrlrtc of Stalingrad and point only l" miles from oil-rich Grosnf-

. . N our" Ii mun: ion-ifs’?- so»- mon Island wnllllllllli "u"? ""1: in” hold positions on Guailalclnl

wssranu pasaar- Renewal of he: fighting indicated: Alllail plum lut Axis land oonvWI-

CHINA-Chimes by den Chuhllen, potential hue from which f0 bomb Jlpllf.

FOUR. AIllM-EN’ KILLED

s-raanoan, out. Airs. I (CP)— Flour airmen were killed late toda when two planes colic-

ed in m -aii- near Rosiock, Qlsl" miles n of hero.

Ono plane crashed in flames and the other machine was dmioiisrwd when it. fell nearby. Names of ll"! airmen oi- lhe stations they w!" {an were not refund by autum-

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OHUNGKING. Aug 26 --(AP)— Ohulislen, site of the biggest all” field in China and a poterital "Siiangri-ia," base iizm whch io bomb Japan, is under concerted attack by Chinese forces rspdly prosecuting their countsr-drivfzs against. the Japanese invaders in Cheklan-g and Kiangsi provinces, it was re orted tbfilillli-

‘Ibo Oh nose have taken a oint four and one-half miles soul of the strategic city in western (Jhekiang and also are attacking Japanese forces directly to the westward, the Chinese High Com- mand said.

some quarters in Chungking ex. pressed confidence that the Chlnccc soon would recs ture boih Chili. gicn, win; its vas air base built by 200000 Coolie-i. and Lishui. 8w- and-best. site frcm which to laund’! air attacks against. Japan's heme Islands.

The dilnece, who have reported they have Lishul under- siege, add- ed tonight that. Japanese tried to push south from sungycng in (Xiekiang provlnou had been defeated and were flee- ing track toward Lishul, 25 miles In the was -

still other Japanese forces were declared by the Chinese command to have been crushed 15 miles northwest of Sungyang five days

ago.

(Bugputing Japanese nervous. riesr. the Gennan radio said Jip- anece-held Shanghai, which has

been out. of the ran of Allied planes. had its first. gleackoui from 9:30 to 11:30 p.m. Tu sda) will:

Japanese planes surveyed the m- Illllb.)

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CHARLOTTETOWN, ‘CANADAf-FTIATURSDAY, “Aucusrf i1,‘1942

EVELOPING 0N A n;

(By EDWARD l. BOMAB, Aslocllfod

The Axis, which up to recently h beginning to Id ' allied counter-blows.

Berlin and Rollin r monopolize flip lnif-latlvo, that the

War Situation Last Night

Press War Analyst)

bu not had much cause to

u nlinulo m: u» iurouiim and direction J

that they no longer completely United Nations’ potential striking

Dower 1| mounting to a point where second fronts can be threatened elsewhere than on the French channel coast.

The . " rumor

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for hi...

France ln tho winter of 1080 when the molt burhlng question wap where

the Nuts would strike. Italy, say! a report received by concentrations of transports and w

African ports, suspecting preparations for an attack

way of Berna, now is eyeing allied "ihllll It Gibraltar and ln West “somewhere 1n the

Mediterranean basin" like the surprise Dieppe raid, O O O O O O

Mlvbe. lt 1| speculated, the destination 1| French Tunisia, where the allies would be at the back of Rouunelﬁ western desert army threat-

a "m"! EBYDL Elsewhere in the Mediterranean the

believe the Axis is well prepared for Whether there actually ls such

be confirmed of course than its

ever, scrvc as another tow in the

Italians profess t0 eventualitles. a naval concent ration can no more

purpose. The Berna report does, how- strong war undercurrent tending Just

now toward the South Atlantic and thence to Egypt, the Middle East

and India.

A wonder is that the Axis speculation did not fleet toward Dakar, the strategic African base (glosgst go

send the reported the western

hemisphere, which Britain and the Fighting French failed just two yell?! 11E!) next month to wrest from Vichy’; hands, O O O O I O

Brazil's entry into the war puts the United Nations for the first

time into position to take decisive South Atlantic, providing a base on

measures to clinch control of the the western side of the 1,600-mile

waist of the South Atlantic which can be used to full advantage in any offensive operations to crush the present campaign of U-boufs and sur-

face raiders.

Brazil's Vice Admiral Alvaro Rodrigues dc Vasconcellog r¢m|nde¢

the foe immediately that pap" mBcrlin and Rome are on formal \V

could be a two-edged sword.

Roosevelt specifically named the key West African port. along with A1,.

lantic islands whose control by the Axis ho

security of the western hemisphere. I O O

Only fnur months ago he advi fake measures, if necessary, to pre

more than ever a vital artery.

In view of the recurrent and time to time that Dakar has been n1’ the fcttcrerl French, possibly it

fe to par '

BY WES GALLAGIlFR. . .. (Asscciat d Press Siaif \V.itorl LCNCON. Aug. 2'\'—l:\Pl— The

chief of tho United Stntts ¥L'ITI_V'$ arnis dcsixn division cl clircd coiay that, the Allglﬁi-Alllifllﬁﬂll allies arc itroducing sczrret weapons ivlih SllU-‘Fsi-llg p0 entalltlss and that, iieiv British weapons in product- ion are “really eyc-cpensrs."

The statriiient by Brig. gen. G. M. Bariirs arid a mrictiiig otiveen LL-Gsri. Dori! t l). Eiseiiiroiv=r' and Prime MlPlSl-ﬂ’ Chur liil on his rciurn Trim Mcsc rw via tlic niiidle cos; the opening of a second from and s lcctlon of a general to command it.

Can Supply Army

Gen. Barnes said the nlle-l p10- duct'cn of miiriﬁi-ns would iiip. port “a full-sized aimv in any ciiicrprise." But d-ocliiied to 00in- mcnl. on the tiavspot situation which official clrclrs consider still serious.

The 56-year-old general, here as head of a technical mimfn wsrk- iiig uiih British munitions produc- ers. is an exrert in devclo irig ad- vmiced types of armament. purri- cularly heavy cirdnance and antl-

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Canadians Save Nfld. Village

ST. JOHN'S, Nfld. 5118-35 - (CP) - Canadian sodiers at a northern Newfoundland out. are credited with saving a. vii ago from u, threatening forest ilro.

Travellers reaching here sold the soldiers formed a fire brisnde and fought the flamis for six hours. At one time, residents evacuated the village in mot-or boat; and the travelers said the vill would have been destroyed had t. not been for the stand made by the soldiers.

world for military purposes by Wiih the northern gateway to Russia all the Middle East rapidly building up to a crisis. the

lar kllﬂlflikpffq geography.

Weapons Are Called ‘Eye - OI, are

said would menace the

O O sod that

O "the yent the use, of

United Nations will French territory in the Axis powers."

but closed and events in $011"! Atlantic is

persistent rcpﬂrts that crop up from used by U-boals with the connivancc

ults the Axis to lmve a minimum of

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line Escaped When llufre of Kent Killcil

LONDON, Aug. 26—<CP>-Wliat. lzappeiiecl to liie Suriderland fly- ing boat that curried the Duke of Kent to his death yesterday against a mountainside in the Scottish highlands may be told by 11 lllillli- lieutenant. wli_o turned up today as the sole survivor of til-e ziir crash iii which it had been believed all the crew perished.

More than 24 hours after the plane crashed while takiiiil ill‘? Duke on a War mission to Iceland, Flt. Lt. Andrew Jack, a 24-year- old Scotsman, was found ciazcdlv stumbling through the licuihcr.

From the tall-gunners post he was thrown clear and had wander- ed about thiee miles from the scene, Sliflﬂlllg burns on face, arms and legs but not seriously in- lured.

In all, 14 were killed.

The Duke will be buried, with full military honors but in priv- acy and at an unannounced time for the safety of the Royal Pumily, 1n the royal tomb house under Si. amt-go's chapel in Windsor Castle where others of the Royal Family

ANNOY QUISLING PRESS

LONDON, Aug. 26-(0? Cable) -The Swedish newspaper Social Demokraten told the story today now loyal Norwegians seized the opportunity of the Dleppe raid w embarrass Quisling Norwegian press officials by ielephﬁnlil I barrage of questions such as. 1W6 the British reached Paris?‘ ‘Li.

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New Wartime Information Board Formed

B; C R. B Cans ian

OTTAWA, Aug, 26—<CP)—Charles Vining, 45, of Montreal. govern- ment newsprint administrator and veteran newspaperman, was placed today at the head of a new “war- time information board" with ne- sponsibility only to Prime Minister ivfackenzle King.

Mr, King announced creation of the board this afternoon following a. long meeting of the war com- mittee of the cabinet with which the new board will work.

Hon. Philippe Brals, K.C., 47, Montreal, government leader in Quebec's Legislative Council and Quebec cabinet minister without

portfolio, will be vice-chairman of 1r

the board and will resign his post in the Quebec cabinet.

Sire of the board was not iridi- cated in the announcement but. the Prime Minister said its members will be announced shortly. They will be representatives of govern- ment departments engaged in war activities.

Pending organization of the new set-up, the present Bureau of Public Information will continue to func- tion under 6.1-1. Lash who has been its clircctoi‘ since earlier in the war.

Mr. King said he would want. Mr. Lash to serve as an officer on the new board.

The wartime information board will handle only war news and 1n- formation and its headquarters will bc in Ottawa with offices in Wash- ington and New York and such oth- er piaocs abroad as may be deemed advisable, the Prime Minister said.

This new information branch was created on the recommendation of Mr_ Vining who, early this summer, conducted at the request; of the government an investigation into pcssibililles of wider distribution of Cuiizrrlian information in the Un- lied States.

The Vining report was never pub- lished, although requests for its publication were made in the House of Commons. Today's an- ncrinr-ciricnt contained the first iii- tim. ion of what the report con- tziiricd.

“Mr. Vining‘s recommendations have been adopted without reser- vation niid. the government has se- cured the services of Mr. Vining luniscli‘ as the directing head of

the bcnrcl to be established to give thorn cffcct.” Mr. King said. "Mi".

Vinings recommendations iipori a conception of iri- scrvices as an essential

ri". i? for fllll'.<(‘l\'~I‘S rinrl. our Al- nrc lll‘lfl to rank in importance with lllilll'Tfl\\'(‘l', weapons and econ- omic ivariare."

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Landing 0n New Guinea HunJreTUf

Axis Troops

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Gri Enemy Transport Columns.

CAIRO, Aug. 26 - (AP) — Hundreds of Axis troops were kill- ed or disabled in long-range R.A. P fighter raids on enemy trans- port. columns west. of El Alameln in the western desert yesterday, it. was reported tonight. amid UICUCSP ions that a big battle is developing in Egypt.

Twenty vehicles were destroyed, many of tlncin loaded with troops apparently bound for the Alameln out. some '15 miles west of Alex. andrla.

The column was attacked while moving along the coastal road be- tween Matruh and Sidl Barrani.

(An exchange telegraph dispatch to London dated “with the eighth army iii the desert” said that Neiw Zealariders carried out a success- ful raid, using bayonets, on a posit- ion held by Italiaris. A number of Italians were reported taken pri. sonar-s.)

Dispersed enemy aircraft on three landing fields near El Dabs, were attacked last night by South African light bombers, R, A.F. medium bombers, naval aircraft and United States army air for-cc medium bombers.

The attack on this coastal poinit 30 miles west of the main Egypt.- i-an battlcline marked the first lime in this tiheatre of lire war that. members of the four forces had flown together on such an operation.

R.A.F. medium bomber; pier-t.- ed the battle area elsewhere, scor- ing hits and starting fires among enemy tanks and vehicles.

In another attack the leader of a south African air force squad- ron, Lt.-Col. Brookenhagen, de- liberately flew into telephone wlrel beside an enemy landing field near Sidi Barrani, 200 miles west of the main battlcliiie at Alameln, there- by breaking up vital ccmniunicat- ions at, this important stronghold.

Col, Brockenhagen not only flew his plane home safely after this daring exploit, but he also led in his entire force unscathed. The Souili Africans scored direct hits on a Junkers 52 transport pl-nne on an airfield and machine-gunned oihers.

(The BBC, in a Gcnnan Ian- giiage broadcast. in New York by OBS, said Field Marshal Erwin

_ Rommel has moved up to the front

line two new divisions, one Ger- man and cue Izalian.

rfllie 90th Gilvllilll light division, Mitch suffered heavy losses, also has been brought up to fghting strength, and on-c German and one

Move a. Aid Albertzfs girl)‘; mil-vital? ,;.;g"i:;;,;,,;i;,v

Farm Labor Situation

OTTAWA. Arrz. 26-fAP)— Labor Minister Mitchell announced toriighi. that an agreement is being nepot- iatcd to provide Alberta with fin- ancial assistance from the Federal

Treasury in a move to ease the lrnr-vrst labor situation in that Province

"The zimniiiil. which will be pro- ririoil in the agreement has

lzccn given out." the anoiinccmont said, “but it is understood the

is to be used for niccting

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O/ITAWA, Aug. 26 -- (CP) _

Final izguits issued by tfzo Dam-

iilcn Bil nu of Stiiislics hat tho pcpuiallcn of are New Brunswick has i

, c eased in lire lO-yicar period betucen 193i iliiil 1941 from 408,219 to 457.401.

The rural population of the pm-

ne" rv expenses in rnriiiPCtiOIi vjm- fpcfji‘ , q. --_,- .- wiil iiitinent of farm lilbﬂl‘ Emil iiilﬂtti‘ rrcniiciltbilggllllliirmlilhililc12AM?’- foriii‘ flYlYiir ccsis of moving wnrk- .078 in 1941 while Mic Urban crs to and from harvest fields" [ycpiiiaticn rose to 148,423 from ——— 128.940 in 1931, a gain of 14,483 MANCHESTER. -_ (GIN-Stocks Nev: Brunswick‘; male popifgt. of cups and gla scs at railway ion in 1941 was counted at 334097

s‘ations have lr-wccne so lou- travcllrizs have been rqurs 0d garryiie own drinkingwutens

Canadians “Ho

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MONTREAL, Aug. 20—-(CP)—- Eyes redilciied with lravcl-iveariness 6U Uuiiiiiiiiili rcpiiiidiltrs from Jap- anese territories shuffled off a special train hcrc late today, blink- ed at a battery of cameras, smiled waniy at warm shouts 0i greeting, listened while "O Canada" was sung iii French and their restrained- ly told a swarm of newsmen of tliilir adventures.

Tlicy ]‘i0llll»."flly (inscribed treatment. at the hands of the Japs as “politc“ and rlid not discuss re- ports of atrocities inflicted on pris- oners of Nippon.

Most of them had been in intern- ment since Dec. '7, 1941 (Dec. 8 in Japan) ivlieii Japan dealt. the first blow in the Pacific. They had rin- dergnnc the tcdliim of restrictive mcasirrcs and confinement, some had iliificulty wlili food supplies. All had known tire tragic uncertain- iv of ri-pziirialiori lottcrlcs \"ll(‘l\ in- tr-rnc .< \\'(‘1'(‘ sole-clad for diplomat- ic cxcliannc.

Sonic oi‘ thorn told of the occu- pation oi‘ llonr: Konq and the stciit resislzrncr- of Canadian troops there. Ollicr rcrnlicd the enemy strafflnz of Shanghai. A few members of the

that compared with 2f‘8.6."0 in 193i 31nd to ill“ female 223,304 COIHPATGdIﬂm I 599

me From Japanese Territories

Gonihtions Hard

In Prison Camps

. JERSEY CITY, N. J.. Aug. N-

Government Trade Commissioner at Hong Kong. said today in a statement. prepared on board the diplomatic lincr Gripsliolm that “it seems pretty dcfiiiitc conditions are hard" in the Canadian war prisoners camp at Hang Kong.

McLane, who left with 68 other Canadians for their homes in the Dominion after leaving the liner, said llint ilie Japanese authorities refused civilian intcrnvr-s poi-mis- slon to visit. the military rump bi‘- fnrc they ivi-re ('Vilf‘lllll(‘(l.

Sllpllldlllvllifllw’ food and modi- cal supplies are urgently" llPPilPd. Mcllunc snid. The Canadian mili- tuy prisoners are lodged in huts on the north point of Hoiig K011i! island. Tho principal COllC-"fll_0l civilian intr-rncos still remaining there was food.

of violating bly iisin-g in the first tliriec mon

O B0 per cent of 3 sugar used by the firm in the sa months of last year.

If the quota, Molr

Gov’t Replies To Steel Workers

OTTAWA, Aug. M—(CP)— Prime Minister Mackenzie King today wrote to C. H. Millard, national director of the Un- ited Steel Workers of America. (C.I.0.) outlining the govern- ment's reaction to his nugel- tion that a national confer- ence be called in Canada's basic steel industry, The Cana- dian Press learned tonight.

lt was understood that the government's decision would not be made publlo at least until Mr. Millard has hul an opportunity to read Mr. King's letter, which probably will reach him tomorrow.

The decision is believed to have been reached at a special meeting of the cabinet council held here this afternoon, Mr. Millard‘; proposals were con- sidered by the council yester- day and Mr. King informed the union leader later that further consideration would be given.

Ben's Bakery lleail

Pleads llot Guilty

HALFAX, A112. E - (OP)

Ben Meir, manager of Ben's lick: ry. testified in court

plant would have b:en close for three weeks to keep wi in the firm for the first three months u!

today hi) forced n0

sugar quota allowed

this year.

He pleaded not guilty to a charge raiicning regulation! 1941 more than two-thirds the quantity

he liar‘ closed down to meet! tesiifird, Halifax

WOUld have b"en left. without enough bread to meet the cltys needs He said the firm now had

made changes in formulas and re- duced cake production so that ft expected that by the end of ember the firm would be under its quota for the first nine months of the vear.

Sept.-

71:19 case was adjourned for I

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sun sets this evenins at ‘H6 uni r1595 tomorrow morning ati 6.15-

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