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Empire Casualties Total 667,159

LONDON. April l-(OM-Brit- ish Empire casualties in bliq first (our years of war totalled 067159, gppffllimllflly one-fifth of those ln the First Great War. it was dis- emsd today in figures announced 1,, m, House of Commons by Prime Mirlifitdl‘ Glurchill.

with the western invasion and its attendant iossm still to come, the Prime Minister said casualties up to Aug. Si, 104d 15am killed. 150319 wounded. 1am missing and 210.08 prison-

srs of war.

Canada's casualties of 10,0’! con- sisted of 9.3M killed, 2,746 missing 1,330 wounded. 4.300 1100M?!-

Dsvin llas Blunt Word For Strikers

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wunou Aoril 4 —<<>P>- m" more strikers were given a blunt wsrnlnsseiofaymgy 141W Mini-ii"

‘ Xl fnmllrslflandvwouio. be taken at once w prevent a disruption of the was!" e110“ by meagre-invasion strike o . Yorkshire co

The Liabor union oJiicial, of aoiwilisilallllfii gleailtlflclllibbfilll rglatilous" t

t. "worse w-émlhaedoxboln-bed Sheffield and tut our communication."

__._.-.._-___. FALLS FROM TRAIN I

ASTLE. NJ» 5N1! — (CP)-- Kenneth P. Hutton oi (‘l8 Quebec Avenue) Toronto. who had bee?! reiievilrlgs manager at th .An onielr. .- r . same-pr ifiécotli as

in Mir ch capital in a. critical condition as the result of injuries believed to ve been received when he f from e. Montreal- bound C. N. R. passenger train.

tortilla Events,

"Victory Seed Oats to arrived. Book now. McGulgan s: gliigfliol

"Unloading car Oats at Souris, April 4th, 5th and 6th. Bring bags. P. A. MCL9380. 4-4-2»

"Dingwell and Rosaiter, Lloyd B. Cox, Consumers Co-operative. Moreli. will be closed Good Fiizlasy.

"Loading hogs at Fredericton till 11.30 and Coiviile 2 to l2 Friday,

April 7. Leslie McDowell. 4-4-31- "Unloading at Breadalbane.

wheat. barley and oats. L.

Seaman, Breadalbane. 4-4-21.

"Dame. Cardigan Credit Union Hall, Easter Monday night. Web- ster's Orchestra. 4-5-li.

"Unloading; car No. 1 Feed Oats, 'l‘uesda:- Aigril 4th and wed- nesday, April th. 08B- Diilon 8t Spi iett 4-4-2i.

"Loading hogs for Davis st Fraser every Thursday afternoon at. Albany and lifmeraid Every Fr - day forenocm until further rzlqiiiiie.

. T8211.

"Owing to circumstances be- fond my control I will not be load- ns hogs at Vernon until Tues- gav afternoon. April 11th. 4E4

eison. " ul t th Ve so fifbrfrhsiiwéin hum.

union Riv Hall. liesterqlgnday night. Aprllflioth.

4-5-3i.

"Our livestock loading agents are asked to order stock cars for week of April l0. Use lenty hed- ding. Livestock Markegng izoarril.

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00° good pill t “was”? w ds 0.7335.’ Itoit Marketing srd- ‘ 5 a

t to be unloading car at Hunter River

Thursday it snd be sorry.

6-5-3.

"Buying igs, ell sizes, at Fred- etlcton stetlbn to-day and till l0 Mn. Thursday. Paying $30 pair for W6 p over 30 lbs. each. lbc lb. m‘ I pilfl. 70 t0 100 lb. Kntld Jorsensen. 4-: i

setpec choice bulk Obie Wednesday Ind week. Don't miss lcmuel Cresweil.

9 =- 5-‘

" wlshi to order Bray (‘hicks ndly wrte or phone as circumstances will not permit call- as. Broader stoves expected tr a W! days. Clarence F. l-las srfi. lhnersld. 4-4- .

loedin ogs for Davis and Misc-cyclic wsdnasdillwolbhsmiixeib 1-39 .M: Summers e ' ' . Slifllbml . Arthur lfcslsm. --;i;1i:rl‘bs:§. Ffldayutllrll 11$: Vi; " I Bl‘!!! , lll’! floss all Mscliiw

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ln-sdoy ‘mulls-

Is Promoted

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WING (JMDR. J. ANGUS MMLEAN

Word his Just be r ely‘ ‘hi; Boon. Ldr. J. Allgltlg Wlgdlkcldll, D. 55c I son of Mr and Mrs. George MucLcan of Lewes, Pal been promoted to will; Command- er. ile is serving with the BMQAJ‘.

The HUI ‘Wing Commander was Tf-"mly nominated one of the Pro- srcssive Conservative candidate; f" ‘News l" tho next Federal election.

Tighten Army Denscrship In Great Britain

DOYTON. A I'll 4 - _ cemllfsilip F-‘lllllstiorls (glegiigleiae Canadian Army ill Britain have been tikhtcned further as a, pf;-

L mvflsifi" precaution, it was announ.

ceggcday.

.- e Public lat:

Canadian militgrey hggclqlfaecttiig hi’. {firmed war correspondents that un.

urther notic n Ca i

Dthruthan c. M? ° “ad a“ "n" me" "W! by name and even the “SB of Eeosraohical identity of a re- Blment now is prohibited.

“It is Considered by censorship officials that insufficient conceal. ment of the identity 1st e “n11; 14 m. oornplished by calling it say. ‘a was. tern Canada Highland Rcglmentx," said the public relations secflon statement "The most general terms must be used in describing units in order to pass censorship."

No officer above the rank of ma- jor may be mentioned by name un- less he is permanently posted to Canadian military headquarters.

The exceptions to this rule ere een. for officers such as Lt Gen. H, l). G. Crerar. army commander. on whom releases have been made.

No recognizable pictures can be published of officers above the rank of major. Even pictures of certain Canadian units are banned.

‘Tile foregoing steps have been made after careful thought and it is regretted the necessity for them will incoaivenle ca correspondents covering the anadian Army,"

a nouncement said. "Every effort is bei made to ensure as BOO? as possl le the relaxation oi securi ypre cautions‘ and correspondents and relcews agencies will be kept inform-

Dharlle Chaplin ls ilcquitteli

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ANGELES. April 4-(AP)—— clutching at thc knot of hb necktie, an emotion- choked Charlie Cha lin tonight heard himself acqui ted of Mann Act charges.

Yells o "horray" went up from the jammed spectator section along with s burst of applause as the court clerk announced acquittal on the first of the indictment! two counts.

The bailiff rapped for order, and Ju e .!'.T. O'Connor warrle mildl- e further demonstration.

L05 Lips trembling,

clerk then read the result on the second coun .

The Jury of seven women and five men cleared the British-born comedian of government charges that he transportn. his former protegee, 24-year-old Joan Berry.

en. 1-1-21. Ml!“

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H. Q. may be men

d would set up a Dominion-wide - wit.

0N Y Q“. dbkl 0C- ° °“' "k ‘i-fisrsihnfiim o n» on

A UNITED KINGDOM PORT Apfllf-With the paint on her scar- e? Y dfy. H-M-Q-s» "WABKEIUWirst frlitate ever to be built 1h a Canad- ian shipyard. has bedded s. U-boat Ind taken prisoners. Blue had been Opflmtl-nl with s. Support Grou in ithe North Atlantic and hei- Oap n, lLluetenant

N.S., had had 19 days when she hide nei- kill. Bhe 1a the first Canadian frigate in sink a German allb n .

Early on a dark moi-hint; in a. rising sea. “WASKBSIU" picked up the i rst subularine contact. “Action Stations" were sounded immediat ‘ . Ha f an hour late;- the first depth cilarsa oattem was dropped without woundink the enemy.

The {WASKESIIV maintained contact with the sub. dr ing more drpth charge patterns. I was the firgt of these patterns that “soften- ed the sub. “That pattern not only damased the U-boat, but it, threw

Canadian Frigate i300 Abel ‘A Sinks Nazi U-Boal:

Bombers Do Much Damage

ALLIED HEADQUARTERs Southwest Pacific. A il _ ' nesday) — (A P) pi. a (wew $3.3m‘,- O- Kfllny sent

Pm” Bkflihst l-lollandia Sun. glgtlénignghdebereatest single raid eve,- Mr mm y his United States an. Bed afmuitahftilofileggile attack cea- tinuous action the 1,1; or w“

0h the northwestern coast of "Zwglgyléglfia was only a useless gmu.

r fl t

bombes ti; iiiéifiidmx erg ever previously Qxpendqd 1n a s1“. Bie strike anywhere 1n 111, South nut Pacific. It; low-flying aircraft| riddled three airdrcmes and guff- gggggigdsarggs $11311 hufndrcds of] gun fire‘ ds 0 machine

Headquarters said today that every one of the m Japanese plan.

1t ""50 I Plfllc." says Lieutenant Commander Eraser. “We could see "lit by our own plot as we traced ”‘§~..°.?.§"i§.'" time h d tipped h e s e r

first pattern “WASKI3IU' stugl: on the trail of the frantic, sub- Iflflicd U-boat. Then another “m? 0118f“ pattern was dropped a1 last-minute re-adjustmenis had been made. That attem blanched: ‘flares minutes ifie. 1t. . the U-boat blew its tanks and surfaced.

' _ U-Bosg Surfaces Speed. about 1800 yard; away and' ill

nosi. dead ahead," says Lleugen. tnt Commander Fraser. "We ii1urn1n_

(Continued on page 7. Col. 4)

Polish Gov‘t Seeks To Prevent Incidents

LONDON, April 4—-(CP)—The Poiish government irl London to- dav asked Arlglo-Anlcricnn aid in preventing "incidents which may hinder furthering the coming into! the open oi the Pollsil underground s army and rendei-"impossible con-| certed action iwith the Russiansti against the Germans. |

Previous instructions to ti", underground forces to ell-opera‘! with the Soviets remain in forc'..| the Poles emphasized, saying those instructions were issued, when the Red army was entering Poland, "in spite oi the difficulties preventing agreement with the Soviet govern-

t.' It said Polish underground army formations had disclosed tl~ ' ves to the Russian army at many places.

NEW Dhiuiu, April 4 —(AP) — Fires set m the tlnuer-ory jllllfllcs oy bwpunese invaders east or tni. threatened [MUCH vase oi iniplial lll eastern illula. nave rorced desper- lately-resisting DTlHSul and lnulan JPOUQS M) WAl/AAMBW Ullw MIC millil- pur Plain alter nltvnlg klilcu tl/J least ow Japanese lll a week ol ltalu lighting. it was reported to-

01W.

cor day the defenders threw back attack alter attack on the sangsnak Blfltélll, 30 miles east. of mipnal. receiving iooa and mum- trons W Diane. oeiore the Japanese resorted to careluliy laid flares to rout them from their positions,

in the month since tile Japanese btjun tnelr invasion or India they nave lost 3,000 men killed and an- other o,100 wounded and captured.

headquarters did not progress by the enemy hours. Despite the Japanese threat to lmphal a dispatch from Prank Associated

, Press front correspondent. said there were more than enough British forces in the area to smash the Japanese once the enemy leaves his pro- tgctiye jungle covering and enters

lwaniwr Plain.

the Social Creditors

Decide Plans Today

TORONTO, April 4—(CP)--A National Social Credit convention today postponed until tomorrow the vote on l. resolution

report any in the lest

b:

l-ftnr

litical nilletio , or" n educational

delegates ssid more work was required action.

The resolution was debated at length, with delegates who lup-

."It surfaced at s Condensate ol~

Japs Use JungleFires Against Allies ll fnfiffia ,

. Soviet purchasing commission with

before political -

e8 18st seen st Hollandia had been egefflflll-ihed or irreparably damag_ Twenty 81x interoe ti J llkhter planes were 'ii..‘$‘§...d“‘i§.“§§ air battle at Hcllandia against; the 1°58 C! 9311! One American aircraft.

Hollywood Film To Aid Victory Loan

TORONTO. April 4 L-(cPl- A 20-minute Hollywood film "The

shlnma Future", has becmcontri- bolted to_ Sixth victory loan anarwm s "Bhb drFComada"

about April l2 The film. on imag- inative glim into the life of th average Canadian in i960 is con- trlbuted by the Canadian Motion Picture War Services Committee.

J. J. Fltzgibbons, chairman of the committee. announced that the cast. of the two-reel film includes: Jack Carson, Benny Goodman and his Orchestra. Bing Crosby. Deanna Durbin, Gary Grant, Harry James. Irene Mzlnninrz, Herbert Mnrshnll. Dennis Morgan. Charles Ruggies and Frank Sinatra.

Wingate’s Men Mostly British

LONDON, A rii b-(CP-Reuters) —Sir James rigg. secretary oi state for war, informed a. House of Commons questioner today that troops operating in the force com- manded by the late Maj-Gen. Orde Wingate in the Burma. Jungle are predominantly British.

Gen. Wingate was killed when h’;- plane crashed into a mount- ain peak. Sir James was asked about the percentage of British and American troops in Wingateu

force. -_=.._- ..

Clai§ri7lfiibQF§ced= Political Manoeuvres”

.I_APS LOSE 28s PLANES gill lull) ON BASE

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1 War “Situation Last

Night i

Moscow's startling

Carpathians, splitting the German

The report dealt only with what was called "the 1st Ukrainian

front." That is the sector manned hy ed In Moscow to spearhead the drive from the Dnieper to the Carpath-

Japancse; L“

ns. In the 28-day period the miles of the foe. It has driven him is converging on the Lwow bastion road to the western Polish and Polish Bug rivers. The Moscow version identifies

i Ions or other "groups" annihilated or badly mauled in the 28-day period. I

Only "remnants" of some of them the Skalo. “Kettgef or surrounded ably at Brody on the main road to

T1“ly destruction or capture of

to boost the 1st army bag many thousands over the 184.000

By KlB-KE L. 81M? 0N Associated Press War Analyst recapltulation of Nlll battle casualties single sector of the long eastern front finds more credence among Ang lo-Americsn observers than most previous reports of that kind from either Berlin or Moscow, although Allied leadership apparently still lacks much detailed military information from Russia. The official Russian claim was that Ltd-Gen. captured. This accounting covered the more than s lted Army break-through on a wide

lat army cleared substantially 30.000 square

plains through the gap between the

Ulll

208,000 Axis troops died or were 28 days in March that witnessed front to the eastern flank of the defence lines in two.

the lst Ukrainian army, hand pick-

uff Russian soil on its front and now in southeastern Poland that guards the Dnlestcr

more than as Nazi 0r satellite dlvis- I

are left, caught in Russian traps like at Tarnopol, at. Kowel and presum- Lwow.

all three isolated groups ls indicated,

enemy dead

said to have been left behind in the 28-day retreat and the 24.000 troops I taken prisoner. Whether these are absolute figures or are merely symbolic |

statistics intended to show the size tories (a frequent Moscow r " es) is anybody; mess.

The figures on war booty take in consideration of the nature of of pulling back heavy equipment.

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As Foreign A i}; rig-Murillo ‘

LOivDUN, April 4 -— iCP Cable) —..-u1.elgll Qecletary nucli is cli- pcctcu iu acslgli, dual-lay uy Lilla‘ bILcM-“CXAM; so ile uull devote ills full tulle to gmelillllunl. leaucrsnlp lll tllc BUM-x; oi uulimwlls, is atoll ill lllle with me Conservative Portia pluil to gloom illlil to succeed a-itule iviilliswi‘ Culiiuniu.

ztbpoiis ui tilt: a-urcigll Secret.- lll‘; s UCLJii-Avult.‘ ironl one CM his two posts pluvlueu the iirltisn press with lls maul political topic this woos tl-llfl these l'E.l|.Xil'l5_W¢.l‘t: ac- companied uy speculation over Quilts‘ pcwible Cabinet cnullges ul- vvlvlng u. a. zauitsoli, zigluculturo iVlllllrbl-AZY, allu ivtal. uWilylll nloyd ueorge, Futl Munster.

Viscount. uuralluurlle, DOlllLlllOllS Secretary, hus been mentioned prominently to succeed ivlr mien

with Lloru rlesverbrook being given tne lllslae track to take ovtr the Donunlcns portfolio.

An urulleuluw explanation for Mr. Eden's departure from the foreign office was that the two jobs weie too burdensome. But another reason goes deuper. The Conserv- atives frankly admit he is being groomed for the party leadership and succession to Mr. Churchill wnen the Prime Minister wants to

step down.

THC thief difficulty to Viscount Crarlborne’; taking over the for- eign office is health. some authorities doubting if ile could carry the heavy burden. However, if given the post he would be ably assisted by the present Undersec- retary, Richard K. Law, soil oi the late Prime Minister, Canadian- born Andrew Bonar Law

NEW YORK, April 4 — (AP) —

‘The New York 'I‘imes said today Victor A. Kravchenko had ann~ ounced ills resignation from the

the statement he could rlo longer support “double - fat-eel political manoeuvres" directed by Russia st the United States and Britain Tile Times said Kravchenko was in charge of the commission's metal di- vision. American sources in wash- ington said hi5 position with the commission was that of an vim- ploycc, rather than executive, and that he had been traveling through-

out the country as a steel inspector g1 since coming to the United States abo_ut>se_v_e_n __ ago.

llfiiell Planes Dver

i Reich Last Night

LONDON, April 4—-iCP)-—Al1ied aircraft roared over the again tonight according to the German radio, warning that “single intruder air- craft are approaching from west and southwest."

The planes might be ftAtF. Mos- quitoes, xrilicil frequently

ons. British-based bombers, however, hfZQBQiBLQ.“P§?§J‘EE° SEEVFPY-

Expect Eden To . Res

Reich which broadcast a the

carry I block-busters on their night excur-

and importance of the 1st army vic- ln announcing enemy personnel loss-

n do not appear greatly exaggerated

the German retreat and the dlffieultiu

isn Secretary

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News Briefs

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LONDON, April 4 - (CP Cs- hle) - The King received Lt.- Gen. l-l. D. G. Crerar, comman- dcr of the 1st Canadian Army,

In audience at Bucking‘ Pal-

ace today.

WITH 'I'H.E 5TH ARMY ON THE ANZIO BEACHl-IEAD. April 4 — (A Pl - Digging in on the Anzio beachhead of hospitals during rec- em; weeks paid dramatic dividemk today as more than 20 Ger-mm shells combed the densely packed hospitals without killing or wound- ing a single person.

STOCKHOLM, April 4 - (A P) -- Reparatlon demanded by Moscow of Finland as part of the price of peace was estima- ied by the Swedish Pres; today up to $600,000,000 as Helsinki advices said il. parliamentary I decision on the armistice WI! no; expected until after Eater.

1 U. B ARMY HEADQUARTERS, south Pacific, April 4 — (AP) — Negro infantry troops, for the first time in the South Pacific campaign. have taken up frontling positions on Bougainville Island. it is ann- ounced They relieved a unit of the sun division which had rousht of! five savage Japanese attacks since March 8.

LONDON. April 4 — (CPl - The government of Prime Min- ister Eamon Dcvrlern announ- rcrl tonight, a complete ban on the sci’- cf clvll In Elm-ref!»- ilnz the drying-uh of strike ridden Britain's rullflrt SI"!!!- lles In well as a further notch 1 in Eire's belt-tightening.

Two Thlnes Drack ilIp,Airmen Safe

HALIFAX, April 4r-iCP)-—TWC

Air Force planes cracked up inl Nova Bcotia today, but. none of the three fliers in the machines were injured, the Eastern Air Command announced. I Search continued, meanwhile, for a. twin-engined machine cany- ina four men that has been misl- ing since Saturday night on a flight from the Debert, 11.8., field. No trace of the plans had been found, and little hope was held for the safety of its crew.

The plane, on a night flight. may have landed on the Atlantic, it was feared.

In one of today's mishaps, a. Har- vard aircraft based at Dartmouth, N. 8., made a forced landing a field near Panel's Lake, ‘Al. ax County. It was located quickly through the alertness of three air- craft detection corm members— . 8.0. Bayer and Mrs. Faulk- ner of Jeddorre. N. B. and aid Mariette of Porters Lake.

The occupants, PO. N. McCon- nell of (263 Kent St.) Lindsay. Ont., and W02 L. Osborne of u- phin, Man, were returned to their

base later. In the other accident, a fight- er based at Greenwood, -.

crashed, but the pilot was lmhln-t.

| ion

Capt. Grace McNeil] of Hamil-l ton, Oni., who has been utlpuinted. officer commanding ihe t‘, ' ' Pipe and Military Bands. (‘opt lllcNelll ‘Wlll ‘accompany the bands their eight-month Dominion tour, which has siurtcil ln lllff: Marltimcs. (Canadian Army l'llniu),,

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tinllllflling 0f Local 0.W.L. Held Last Night

Mrs. W. J. P. MacMillull was ei- ected President of the Charlotte- town sub-division Catholic Wom- en's League at the annual meeting held last evening, (April 4th). El- ecikd to office with Mrs. MacMill-

are:

First Vice President, Mrs. .1. H Blanchard.

Second Vice-President, Mrs. J11! Cullen. Third Vice-President. Mrs. Asl. Howatt. ‘Ibcasurer. Mrs. Nellie Nicholson

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200.000_llazis And llumanians In lluge Trap

By TOM YARBOROUGH

LONDON, April 4r—(AP)—The Red army announced tonight that it has captured the greater part of surrounded Tarnopol in DYE-Will‘ Poland and smashed to within two miles of the inst. rail escape rouin for perhaps 200,000 Germans and Rumsllians liow virtually pinned

Hist the Black Sea. near Odes-

"Will? down on the big Black ulTIYi of Odessa from the north- tile Russians overrun 50 lo- c: including Bsitzliovo, tul-ts miles st of Ruzcleinuyu, control HiliCLilJll for Germans fleeing in-

A (1- to Riilllililla, via Tlraspol und KLsll-