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31, 1942

French War- Guilt Trial To Be Halted

United Nations Hold Local , Air Superiority

j Marked general improvement reported in position of Australian Defenders. , Australia,

‘i? I 7 FlSll tires. naourum Mord! I

.22.: 0r jllSl a local superiority over both New a

Fish story

N Britain, Air Min- ggsmxag? Dreakeford dwll-Ted m‘ dgy in ¢ general stock-takimB m" disclosed a marked 89mm“ lm‘ vmvflneni i“ i!" P°~’"l°“ °’ m‘ EDMONTON, March so- (ClU-If there are any motor- ists who can recall “Colub treads"—tires believed to be made of fish-and the formula

defenders of Australia. for their manufacture, the Ed-

B 0 Yates McDaniel Alsocylated Presa staff Wrlifl

This gllipeflOflty, he said. wfls "l5 warmed 5,5 any throughout the Pacific war with the DQ553919 eli- cits“ o’ °aisi"=s...s...rs “Q “finial Lkylyforcover, that pro. lnonton C‘ ‘ of COUIITIQPUV 53b1,. morelthan 1o pel‘ cent of and c. n. Fllllns of San Ber- Japdms entire cruiser Strength now nardino, Cullf., will be glad had been crippled by Australian to hear from them. and American bclnbcrs and fight- Wariimc ahilfillo of rubbfil‘ grs in running at-taclg on the en- and a letter from Fllkins gmv bcachhead about Lac in cast- brought the subject of fish s... New Guinea. and he (rncludcd tires into prominence hore this mm this heartening summorv:— weak. The Californian wrote to "These sucoes s, acircved by the chamber recalling the tires comparatively s1 all fort-cs. are n0 he had purchased in Edmonton longer to hc_r?gardcd as merely of ln 1913 and asking If lt was tactical shrn1iicancc_ 771W 11R" possible to locate someone who

made a ntarkcd stratcgical diifer- sq“ knew how may w", encc to lilo war." made.

Aside from the serious wounds Check-up by Rog. T_ Rose, inflicted on the Japanese sea arm chi-tuber secretary, indicated --t'nc estimate 0i l0 Del‘ “ml "ll" one former Edmonton lira Tllffl Willi! mean that four to flve dealer, now msident outside "ill-leis had been smash“ “hm” the city. did know something

Lae alone in what is r=1atlvely a more pin-point area of the vast Pacific battle zoDe-Dfflliilfvfil announced that at least 48 Japan-

about the tircs and lnqulrles still are being made.

IIere‘s an extract from Mr. Filkins’ letter:

"Back in 1913 I bought a car in Edmonton, Canada. It was equipped with what they call Colub treads, made in Russia. They looked like rubber tires and acted like them. ~ "But tho dealer told me they were made of fish. I couldn't believe it, so I hunted up the Edmonton representative of the Russian firm. lle told me how they did it. but it's so long ago that I‘ve forgotten.

"Anyway. I drove on those tires 30,000 miles ln two years zmd- when I sold the car they

‘ were still good." ~

Mr. Filkins suggested the secret of those old "fish tires" may be valuable in the Un- ited Nations‘ war effort. And just in casc there is something in it, the Chamber of Com-

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Sub Commander Well informed

MIAMI, Fla, March 30 --(APl- Survivors declared today that tho commander of a German submarine knew the home port and dcsdnn- non of a United States freighter torpedood and sunk in West Indian waters. while British sailors said they were waved to safclv below B U-boat opened the shelling attack to sink their ship.

One man lost his life in the meme is going to d‘ . . g mto the fliglfglilwgieflllgst a-‘riblelfrltcgél question for an answer one

way or the other,

Gasoline fb-r ll. S. Tourists

tanker was sent to the bottom.

The Americans said the submarine commander even knew what their Et~1D was carrying.

'l‘hey said he exhibited llls know- ledge in talkimz to crewman taken aboard the und-ersca boat.

ilne killed, Two injured

MONTREAL. March 30 --(CP\— One man was killed and two zlrl workers were injured when an ex- plosion caused about $5.000 damage in the Cherricr munitions plant ncar here today.

‘The dcad man was identified as Aime Aumais, 29. lvsntrcnl. Names of the two dill-i were not disclosed. but it was sold that ihc-lr injuries were not sor- ious. Both were treated at the plant honoital.

The blast occurred in the detona- tor drylnu line at the factory, and an investigation is tinder-way into h cause.

OTTAWA. March 80 --(CP) United States tourists remaining in Canada 48 hours or less will be ni- lowed 20 gallons of gasoline under proixisional arrangements of the gasoline rationing system which be- comes operative Wednesday, Muni- tions Minister Howe announmd m. night.

American tourists crossing the mrgerdfrllrooa Blfi-HlOITIAl} wstayéo will be t t ti l_ '3 8H flns- 1' days. e“ a v90‘; however, the tourist may apply for a ration book placlr" hlm in the some vnicrory as a a radian driv- 111g a non-essential automobile.

Photos show Much damage At St. Nazaire

IONDON. March SO-IUH- Photographs taken after Saturday's Commando raid 0:1 tho Nazi bass at st. Nazaire showed today that the lock gate was lasing and that one of the two ships in the basin was listing, British authorities said.

A naval officer who had a lead- ing part in the exploit said the 100K rate. rammed by a former United States destroyer loaded with five ions of explosive, "pr would be out of use for a veer."

No trace of the HMS. Cami»!- fcwn-ihe former tmltccl Slates destroyer which was turned into a hues time bomb-

Smolro In Forbidden Area

8T. THEEEBE. Que. March S0 — (Clio-Three men pleaded guilty today to charges of smoking in a forbidden area of the Bouchard munitions plant near this town 20 miles north of Montreal.

Royal Canadian Mounted Police laid that about half t. dozen other

eats were expected.

lliernand Gagne was fined $50 and Ulla or 15 days in iail. while Ro- meo Noel and Omer Bastien were "mil t5 and costs or eight days ln ill Police said lllfit the charge "Elliot Gagne was more serious because he had been found smok- ins in the 'r.N.'r. screening room.

Gaming Events

l" lotion ll this OO|I_I I eootl nor word

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was seen in the mo prob iii“ l“? thmfii a sen a o trance. further! complicating the problem.

On ‘n. German lflfill’

HUT]... Que. March S0 -(C?)- The Canadian army train celebrat- ed lts visit here today by manna the soooooo. visitor through i dill)!!! of army weaponl Ind eq- uinmen

t. She ms. P. U! m. If! 0f sqt. Ailiiurln of the xiii-oi coina- l Al’!!! bled rdlnlrv emmsn Lucien

his life in the sinklnu

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China. occupied

ls doubtful Whether it Will resume

Indications Vichy Hopes

To Have Riom Trials 1 Stopped With Least ' Possible Publicity.

VICHY. March 30 — (AP) — The Riom trial of France's former pol- itical and military leaders accused of responsibilltv for the Nation's de- feat in the war will be suspended from April a to April 15. it was learned today.

There was no official announce- ment. but it was considered doubt- ful whether it will be resumed.

The Rome radio, in a Trench-lan- guage broadcast heard in New York, also said the Riom trial would be suspended but that it would be re- sumed at some later date in a. dif- fercnt form "which would conform with the aim that Marshal Petain wishes to attain."

Thus the Vichy regime apparently seeks to stop with the least possible publicity a trial which from its in- ception has proved a boomerang. with the defenders ilCCUSlIlR their accusers with uncomfortable de- fiance.

The trial was planned elaborately almost from the moment old Marshal Pstain took over the French rov- enunent and madc his armistice with the German victors.

_It was advertised as a "war guilt" trial. with many of the leaders of the French republic slated to face the special Supreme Court appoint- ed io conduct the case.

_B.ut as time went on the Vichy re- gime seemed more and more re- luctant to bring the defenders into court. Postponements were made on one urctext after another.

Finally. with all reasons for de-

lay exhausted. the trial got under -

ivay Feb. 19, but with only five de- iendantsz- ‘

Kinkora ‘Sailor Reported missing

Jiuncs E. Hughes of Kinkora a sailor ‘on a merchant ship. is miss- ing, 11.5 mother has been informed

lll a urcssagc from a. steamship agency.

The nlcszige to Mrs. Emmet Hughes said it ivas the agency's

Dlllillilli the vessel was iorpedceci and all hands lost. No trace of ship or crew has been found. The com- pony told. the mother "every effor. is being made to trace the where- abouts of the vessel and crew." Previously. Hughes had made two vovages to England without mishrp. Mi: Hughes‘ parents. brothers and $i>l0f5 are experiencing great an- izuish. awaiting further news. ..__________._

News Briefs

VANCOUVER, .March 30—(CP) -'Ihe flow of Australian airmen coming to Canada for enrolment in ‘the Empire air training scheme has been interrupted but lt will bc resumed soon. Air Minister C. u Power said in an interview here today.

LOS ANGELES, March 30- (AlU-Chalrmun A. II. Pelr of the selective service, local board no. 246, said today that motion picture actor Lew Ayres ha; been granted classification as a conscientious objector and is leaving tonight for a camp "somewhere in Oregon or the ltlto ol Washington."

OTTAWA, March 80 — (GP)- Labor Minister Mitchell amoun- ced tonight that the Government's manpower inventory which now ll being organized shortly ‘will be expanded to include individual re- cords of all farm employees.

HOLLYWOOD, March 80- (AH-Screen star James (III- noy reported formation today of his own movie producing company with pictures to be released through United Artists.

Tho company will be known

no Cagney Productions, Inc. William Cagney, the ‘star's o

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

The day when an allied counter-invasion is launched

on the

European continent may be far distant, but the battle of the Atlantic is being carried to the enemy with a rising tempo. That ls the meaning of the blow at Si. Nazaire-the boldest and

most brilliantly executed British

Commando raid to date. London

describes it as purely a tactical operatlon_ It had very definite strate- gic significance, however, in more than one way. O I O I

Because of its docks, shops and tidal locks and its distance from Royal Air Force buses in England—300 miles or so-St. Nazaire is or was an important cog ln the German war pattern in the Atlantic.

The British raids can be traced to

the conclusion both in London and

Washington that most of the long-range German or Italian submar- ines haunting the western Atlantic were based there. The proof of that will not be long delayed if it is true, and if the

British force was as successful as indicated at St.

Nazalre. Some

subsidence in the U-boat ravages on this side of the Atlantic will be certain to follow in due course ll‘ that base has been crippled. I O 1i I

A synchronized Berlin story of a sea-nil‘ bottle in the Arctic on Russia's Murmansk-Archangel supply route illustrates another effect of those trans-Atlantic U-boat operations hnwcvcr. Unless they can be checked at the source by such bold aggressive measures as the Si. Nazaire raid, withdrawal to coastal convoy work of British and Am- erican warcraft now on protective duly on the Russian supply route would be necessary. And the importance of keeping that flow to Rus-

sia going and increasing it has been recently

emphasized by every

high ranking United Nations spokesman, including President Rouse.

velt and Prime Minister Churchill.

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Indian Leaders Debate;

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Answer

Sir Stafford Cripps says Indians must act quickly or not at all.

Bry H. R. Stimson Associated Press Staff Writer

NEW DELHI. India, March 30- 1 ADI-Eh‘, &£Ml0ta'L-..,€£l'PDL_ directly to the people of mdla ic- nighi, Britainis otter of an immed- iate scat in the was‘ cabinet and frce constitutional equality after the wad‘. but debates among lead- ers of this sub-continent's diver?!" millions delayed any Slfalgililiwily yes 0r no answer.

sir Stafford, British cabinet

member who came out to tnarshal . gm- .

India's strenaih against the minent threat of Jaoanese itivas- ion, made it clear that the Indians must accent. quickly or not at all

B dcasting to_ln_d_ia tonight.

LONDON. March 30 —(Al’)— The India Congress party was reported to be divided on the proposal for Indian independ- ence offered by Sir Stafford Crlpps. an exchange telegraph dispatch from Calcutta said to- night.

Ono section of the party lcd by Ilaja Gopalachariar consid- ers a settlement of the dead- lock possible, an informed source said. Anoiher group led by M. K. Gandhi was reported as brllevlnc the proposal does not meet the demands of the Corlzrcss. .

he declared:-

"Our proposals are defmite and precise. If they are rejected noth- ina can be done until after the war."

The gist of Britain's pledge he gave as follows:-

"The British government and the liritlsh people desire the Indian

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Defenders Of Bataan Fight Japs To Stop

WASVINGTOL, March 30 -(APl —Defenders of Bataan peninsula in the Philippines were reported to- day by the United States ‘war lie- partment to have fought the Jap- anese to a new standstill by their repulse of the first major enemy at ack in weeks.

By daybreak Sunday. fighting nad dwindled to clashes between pat- rols, after American-Filipino for- ces drove back, with heavy losses, an onslaught launched saturday evening.

Anti-aircraft gunners on the nearby island oi’ Corregidor knock- ed down a Japanese plane from an altitude higher than 27.000 feet.

Few planes have ever been shot down from such heights and of- ficials were inclined to credit the feat to "a lucky hit."

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TORONTO. March so-icrig —Canada’s Wartime Prices and»): Trade Board will “(irnck downg -—hard" on boarders, Chairman" Donald Gordon of Ottawa, warned in an interview hercg

today. A boarder, incidentally, was definrd by Mr. Gordon as "any person who buys anything-o- and _I mean anything-beyond hi; immediate needs." C» Althouuh that would have‘) been considered a drastic ale-g finition six months ago, it _ wasn't now, he added. "be- w-m- the war has speeded up. the Japs are at our throats and‘ we are short many materials?) which were abundant slxo months ago." Q Questioned about slmpliflcr§ tion in multiple brands of var- ious commodities in line wlth/ reduction of broad types, no.3 said ‘ ' " lrailon in beer and I ‘igarettcs and other things of hat kind will follow,"

sigasfm ‘ Rationing is Step necessary

OTTAWA. March 30 -(CPl Food rationing should be made ef- fective in Canada 1f that step l! necessary to ensure that supplies of concentrated foods are avalable to the United Kingdom, M. J. Cold- well, actin CCF. house leader, told a serv ce club (Rotary) lunch- eon mcetm today.

He said e is certain the people would approve rationing of cheese, bacon. butter and other products if such steps were required.

"So much depends on maintain- ing the morale in the United Kingdom." Mr. Coidwcll said.

"Production there has not reach- ed the heights it might because the food supply is too monotonous and the diet is not strong enough. An increase of from 15 ic 20 per cent in production might be attained even under exlstlna conditions if diets could be improved."

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OITAWA. Marti: m-(CPl-Re- newed applications on behalf of some 0.000 su rmnueted civil servants for t ooot-of-llvina bonus have been definitely reject- ed by the wvernment. it was leamed today.

PLYMOUTH. Ellflland. March 80 - CPCABLE) -—Belzuro oith French island of Madagascar. which .. .2333?" coast of A r ca. was suit s ere today by leslie Hora-Belieshe. for mer war secretary. I-ie proposed that the Island be taken in the name of

Free France. Recalling the fate of French ‘Indo- b_v the Japanese with the consent of the Vlchv gov- ernment. Mr. Horc -Belisha s Britain could not afford to let Mad- anscsr remain in Vlohyo bonds.

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P.0. J. M, MURDOCK Pilot. Officer John MacLean Mur-

dock, scn o1 Mrs. J_ W, Murdock and the late Mr. Murdock, Mont- ague, is reported llTSSlIlg overseas as a result of operations on Sat- urday last. word to this effect was recsived by his 1no.lier in Mont- ague yesterday morning.

Pilot Officer Murdock is Well known in ctiarlotletotrn where he attended Prince of Wales College several years ago. He was also prcmzneut in athletic circles here having starred as a hockey player w-iih city teams. Later he ai-tend- ed Acadia University WlTGYG he also took an active pert in athletic o- vcnts He was especially prominent on the hockey team cf the Wolf- Ville University.

In July of 1940. he join- ed the R/oyal Canadian Air Force Mind after mceiving preliminary lraininsz in Ontario on; stationed for a time at the Charloltetcisni AlTDOPl 0n guard duly ‘This was in the fail of 1940. However, after a short stay here he was back in Upper Canada to complete his training. About a year ago. he re- ccivcd his wings and a few months inter wont overseas. Ho crossed ‘he Atlantic as a member of a bomber crew.

R.ll. . Officers 0n Visit llere

Group Capt. ‘H. J. Collins. Staff Officer R. A. F. Ottawa, ar- rived in the city last night on a lIIISlIIESS visit to Group Captain E. A. Blake. O.B.E., M.M.. Offcer Commanding No. 31 General Re- connaissance School at the Char- lottetown Airport. Accompanying the irisiling airman were: Stiuadron

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Many shocked by Sudden death of Mr. J. ILA. Gordon

The sudden death of Mr. John C. A. Gordon, well known member _ni Moore & McLeorfs office staff. which occurred at the Prince Ed- ward Island Hospital about l1 unlock last night canto, as n Slwcli to his friends, and citizens goiter- ally. He underwent a minor oper- anon in the hospital FTldfly but, although he had relurncd hflmfl

the same day, failfdmutohiéevgqycf"

from it ~. Last evening when ll became apparent that he was not making a proper rccoverry. it was (lPCldCd that he should return to the hos- pitai for treatment. He was taken [here by ambulance at nine o'clock but despite all medical attention wold do he passed away about livc hours later. The late Mr. Gordon was born Charlottetown 31 Films i180. Mr. and Mrs. J, P. Gordon. He received his early education in City Schools and inter attended Prince of Wales College, When 11c finished his studies there ton yy-riuns as". llc a0‘ ccptcci a position with the office slaff at Moore <5: l\lcL.ccd's and has been connected with the firm our since The late Mr. Gordon was an aciive mcmbrr of the Charlotte- town Board of Trade. As a Coun- c.l member of the Board he look a great interest. in any measures designed for tho belicrmcnt of the Ciiy and Province. Hc was chair- 1113.11 of the Industry Committee. ‘The deceased was also a prom- iixcnt member of the Kinsmcris

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