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On Japanese Shzps Some of heaviest raids of campaign curried out by flying Aussies and Yanks.

By Vern Hauglnnd Associated Press Staff Wrltfl‘

"amo ' v re orted canted out ‘£35?! s. Xfillg pAustraiilpns and Americans striking at RB 811 Gasmata in New Britain where Ja- an la said to be reinforcing her badly wrecked and overmatched air

forces.

erald, which 1'9- pol-leehed stlifinellliclg. said direct hits were scored on farce Japanese shim m Rabaul Harbor on the northeast New Britain coast. where the Jap- anese obtained their first foothold on Australia's outcr island rim-

Both at Rabaul and at Gasmata, gn the south coast of New Britain. aircraft were said to have been da- maged on the airdromes.

Earlier it had been report/ed that Jnnan was silvnethcninrz her air forces in that area to bolster her faltering Australian offensive, and it was assumed that the allies were determined to destroy the new planes before they could get in ac- lion.

It remained for official reports. however. to loll whether the raid had been as successful as that of llfarm 21 when the Japanese suf- f-rrcd one of the most devastating blows of tilc southwest Pacific with 23 ships snnkfburncd. beached and dnlnaccd and the equivalent of two squadrons of planes knocked out.

The raid was in line with army minister‘ Francis M. Pordes advice

"ffidrrtinued on T880 '11 col 2>

Plans reconqucst 0f Philippines

RIFYLBOITRNE. Australia, April 6 >~lAPl-Mllll'ul’l Quezon. dvnmnic lender of the Philippine people, is working hard with military author- lllcs in Australia rn preparations for t-vl-nllul reconquest of hi; is- land commonwealth.

Although he is suffering from a. bud void, hc is obviously heaithier than when he wns under constant brlnbinrz and shelling.

11o still wears on flllllv shirt and thilscrs but has swapped his Peak- ed fol-age hat for a felt fedora and donned. an overcast more suitable for nlmroachlilll Australian winter lhun llLs usual leather jacket.

fhlr-zon so far has lrranled no interviews, but from sources close to thc President it has been lenfn- coho is still chuckling nvcr the T’ i.\'o radio's claim that “Gon- MucArthur had him murdered."

Boning Events

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"Talkies Souris Thursday. L-12l-4-7-3i. "Talkies-Montague Saturday. L-127-4-7-3i.

‘flinlerlainment Mt. Stewart Friday. L-l27-4-7-3i.

“CPI of oats to arrive soon. Book orders now. Bowman's Store. L-139-4-7-3l.

."Tfll¢lnv orders all this month for Bishops Ontario rown grass seeds. k for special DIZlCB list. Arthur L-125-4-7-i4-2l.

“l-"Ellonco Breadalbane Hall Fri- Ilav (not Tuesday). Music by Gvltlse moppolle and the Merry Islanders. L-IAO-d-‘l-B-Ii.

Edward H w dholdd ill

olno on e nos ay. 5.9111 B at 830 dolodr. L-lild.

loav Murray River Thunder a A. u. oicklnl fflwuvvfoo oluontuguoiom ch div) then continue on to ariottolcwn. J. J. Book. Murray WI. buvlnc for DIV/ll a Fraser. 14-132-1-7-21.

"Bu Pin at Brookflol Tues- lli-Y 9 Chnrlottetnwndlfarko Bqusro ii A. Bedford 3 P. M. Traoodio l P. u. I-Iuntor River Wed.- Pwlny 1o a] u. New lultow n ‘PPM-Mwilltsm re agrdou. mun Cmu ovor l8 lbs. M“ ‘or

Expect Bed Horse to be Big factor

By Eddy Gilmore Assoluted Press Staff Writer

KUIBYSIIEV, Russia, April I —(AP)- The next slx or oi ht weeks are expected to loo ho Russian horse really reach Ito fighting gait as the battlefront becomes one vast quagmire.

A good example of what ml- chines will be up against woo given on a ride through tho country today when our auto- mublle got stuck in the mud but hundreds of horse-drawn vehicles moved on unlnterrupi.

A large tractor pulling a pieco of machinery bo gcd own. In desperation the rivers finally abandoned their tractor for six horses. .

A Russian sled turned out by hand by two men in two hours will play an important part in the war during the thaw.

it's of ‘such simple design that it's primitive. This eon- lraptlon consists of two stout wooden runners atop which lo a wooden framework. It ll pull- ed by a single horse.

During the coming operations the Rozvalnl ls goin to bo as important ls the hfghoot p02- feotod weapon, tank or plane.

Here's n prediction-look for increasing cavalry operations as the Russians continue to carry the attack to the Invader.

Local Woman ls Missionary In war zone

TORONTO, April 6 —-(CP) --At icast 12 Canadian missionaries are serving in Cccnnada and Vizagap- tam on the east coast of India, it was announced today by Dr. J. B. ivIcLaurin, secretary of the Baptist Fbreign Mission board.

In cltarge of educational work for

Sink thrcc A Enemy ships, Navy reports

WASHINGTON. April 6 —(APl- American submarines bettering steadily at Japan's ion supply lines in the western Pacif c have sunk three more enemy merchant ships, two-of them heavily laden tank- ers. the navy reported today.

Destruction of these vessels rais- ed to a total of 51 tho Japanese shins blasted by far-roving U. B. undersea raiders-a. total made up of 30 sinkings, 10 probable sinking; and the damaging of l1 other snipe. The over-oil score of Japanese yes- sels sunk and damaged by both army and navy forces amounted to 209 in the four months of war end- in: today.

The two tutors were sunk by o submarine on extended patrol in the vicinity of’ the Caroline Islands. Japanese mandates lying east of ire Philippines. One of the tankers fired on the submarine but. the navy said, failed to damage it,

The cargo of the tankers. wheth- er oil or gasoline. vuas not given, but it was considered possible that they were transporting fuel for ene- my fleet units. Turk Island in the Caroline Group is a. great Japanese naval base.

The third ship reported sunk was a freighter, blasted by a submar- ine on patrol in Japanese waters. No details of this encounter were divulged.

That operations over the whole of tPe enemy-dominated western Pacific are increasing was indicat- ed by the fact that in recent weeks the navy had made more and more frenuent- reports of undersea at- tacks. Last Saturday it was an- nounced that two light cruisers had been torpedoed south of Java and that five non-combatant enemy ves- sels had been damaged by subma- rine attlicks in Netherlands East lnrlfes waters.

PensioflhslVlingis-iler l Clarifies Remarks

VANCOUVER. April 6 - (GP) -- Pensioils Minister Mackenzie today issued a statement intended to clarify remarks he made to City Council Saturday rclzardinlz the re- moval of Japanese from British Col- umbia's "protected" coastal area.

The Minister was quoted Saturday as saving he thought most of the Council's “worries” regarding the utilization of Hastings Park Fair- ground here as a manning pool for Japanese would “be ovcr in three or fmlr creeks." and that it was his intent-ion "to see they never re- turn here."

In his statement today Mr. Mac- kenzie said lliS remarks were "not

War Situation Last Night

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(By KIRK! L. SIMPSON. Associated Press Wor Analyst) Boldlined by a smashing British air victory at Colombo, Ceylon, the Enter week-end piled up a significant toll of Japanese air cas- unltlou on the Pacific-Indian Ocean war front.

United Nations official figures

for that sector accounted for some

I00 enemy planes downed or damaged within a three-day period Figures for allied losses are not complete but a’ ratio of 1040-1 or

“i, oven ’ “ that '

tho ‘n in indicated.

Th" "m" d"!!! W belfll n record plane bag in this war, ex-

cepting only tho German surprise

attack on Poland which caught tho

Polish air force on the ground. A for smaller ratio of losses by the German air force-f to 1 or 5 to 1—won the bottle of Britain for the

Royal Air Force in I040.

Japan's plans roplnocalent capacity from reserves or new pm- ductlon is tho least of any of the major belligerenig, Tim, and l." o-m-extendcd communication lines in waging two-front war simul- taneously against Australia and the British in Burma and India are

the most encouraging factors for ltrugglo.

United Nation leadership in the

Cillllflod with previous alr losses, tho fresh inroads of the Easter reason have out deeply into Japanese ability to maintain an adequate aerial screen for her far separated fronts.

Ten per cent casualties among close-up bases across the channel man air as ‘l0 per cent of the attodrlng force.

. a a

Nazi planes attacking Britain from were sufficient to break the Ger-

. At Colombo the indicated Japanese loss was around

The extent to which the Japanese are feeling the double strain

of air casualties and extended communicatio

line; is becoming clear.

Recent raids against the Port. Moresby pivot in New Guinen- and Darwin in Australia have been little more than nuisance affairs. Half a dozen to a dozen planes have come over, and have been savagely

dealt with each time.

Perhaps the most significant aspect of the however, ls what It lmpllcg as to British air and

Colombo operations, sea reinforcements

reaching India and the Bay of Bengal. Unless the Japanese had rea-

son to believe there was a. considerable

the IS-plane raid against that port t I

' h naval force at Colombo, would have little meaning. l I

Colombo is not a major British naval base. It offers relatively

little ancho n55 ground within its breakwaters.

Yet the Japanese

struck there. presumably on the theory that tho heavy British naval

mlnforoemonts w h i c h It o m o

reported i0 days ago were

steaming around the Cape of Good Rope into the Indian Ocean might

be caught napping there.”

Thdrc is nu" MvvoFdfl-om Britalfl" to lifdleate a naval concentration at Colombo. It is obvious, however, that with Japanese air power in the Indian Ocean badly crippled at least temporarily by the Colombo disaster, British warcraft in those waters have an unlocked for ad-

vantage.

300 British Bombers Lash At Enemy Plants

Cast 1.000 tons of explosives and many incendiary bombs from French

Coast to heart of the Rhineiand.

(By Alan Randal, Canadian Press Staff Writer) LONDON, April 6—tCP Cable)

the Canadian Baptist Foreign Mls- intended to convey the idea that the —0ne of the mightiest British air

sion Board at Cooanada is Rev. Eric Quirk. a former Toronto school lcachcr. With him at the McLaurin High School in Cocaneda, named in honor of Dr. McLaurins father. are Quirk: Ruth Troyer, Tor- onto; Muriel Brothers. Ayr, Ont; Susie I-Ilnmnn. Coburg. Ont.; Eva Srlunclers, Bel-wick, N.S. In charge of the Mission at Cocanada is Dr. Gordon P. Barss of Dartmouth, N. 8., who is assisted by his wife. At Vizagapatam are Rev. and Mrs. EB. Garland of Toronto. Miss Laura Bltlll of Charlottetown P. E. I.. and Miss Helena Blackadar of

J Halifax. NS.

Dr. MoLaurin. who spent. 30 years in Cocanadu. said the probable Ja- ,panese objectives there would be oil installations located about two miles from the Mission. Vzagapat- nm has an improved harbor, one of thfd finest in the whole coast, he 5R .

To Check Those Buying Many Suits

EDMONTON. April 8-40?) — Clothin dealers in mdmonlrn have been as ed by the Federal Govern- ment to supply tho names of mon who have purchased threo suits or more since b. _ it was learned today. No reason was given for ro- quett-lnérfitho names but ll. ls under- stood at similar action in being taken in tho rest of the Dcminion. It was assumed the gtvernrnent was checking on any men who might bo hoarding clothes because of now wartime restrictions.

Brew defends Free speech

CLIIVJLAND. Iroetfm ‘of expression-oven wartme-wu defended horo tn- nizht by Col. ooom Draw. 011v- orio Conservative loader‘ who told otion

J nsen. th l fond Bar A1900 that a are" “Bf”... "s -——- n o "Will have several “Ifinmm, o; Wm or mo."

out: and barley "ltmth. distributing from

5° ontoguo, first on unloading o‘. Wlltohiro.

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cor loads p arriving thil Albon

“No motto!‘ what ho form .01 ornmongh bo, than who: an u afllmmfl

by thoypggpio mitt: freedom oftho

at!“ and of comm m: oro muted 0r tho WPPNI

g tree oxchon o or opinion upon all

motion of concern." ho odd-

unlco- witnessing of tho officer sold.

Japanese. would be removed in three or four weeks." while with regard to the return of Japanese it was "entirely a personal expression of opinion.”

Fresh Chinese Troops reach- Burma front

CHUNGKING. A rll B-(AP) --‘I-‘reah Chinese re nforcemento have reached the Burma front and have bolstered and stabil- ized the Chinese positions north of uoungoo, it was rc- ported here today.

The reinforcements, it In said, are tnkln over tho front line positions rom the Chinese division which withdrew from Toungoo. giving that weary force a broathinl IPQIL

Jap General Is mystified

SYDNEY‘, Australia. Aprll 6- (OPl-Thc Japanese conctvll t0 whom Con. Help Tor Poorten, com- mander of the Netherlands Bast mdies, mrrendorod couldn't undoc- stand why tho new! Net-ber- lands louder continued to filht oven after his forces were out.-

nlxnberod nine to 0M-

‘Iho mystlflcotion (Lfy ti?‘ Jap- onus n; ox P811640 Con. Juichi auchi who took

Horton's sword soon

Con. 1hr Aprilfl-(OP) “effort-be foil of Bondunghtho l" temporary Iiut Indies copl . I

Netherlands naval officer related upon his arrival here today. "Bow many divisions have Yo“? Asked ‘Ivrauchi. "ono here," Toll- Poortou replied. "But I have nfno, so I do Ml- undorstond why you fl ht." the Jo COBIIII-fiflfl rep led. mr Poor-ten then turned in silence, tho nova-l officer

owl to tho dramatic scene. Germ

an l wh occompmytnl mill hoonwysdvinofv" call”-

fleets ever to cross the EngLsh Channel-a. force of 300 bombers. many of them manned by Cana- dians-cast 1.000 tons of explosive and countless fire bombs upon

German war plants in an over-.

night raid extending from the French coast inland to the Paris- ian industrial suburbs and on die east to the heart of the Rhine- land_ .

In this great attack. from which young Canadian airmen returned to describe how Nazi anti-aircraft fire failed to keep them from their targets. only five Royal Air bbroe craft were lost. The air ministry called it one of the most success- ful operations in recent months.

Hard hit were the doom at Lo Havre and the Gnome-Rhone works at Genneviillers near Paris. in which French workmen under the lash of the Nazi conqueror are making airplane engine parts for use against Britain and Russia. but. the greatest power of the raid was expended on Cologne, metropolis of the industrial Rhineland and the hub of its railway transport.

More than 150 planes boat at

Cologne. In tho 105th assault upon that olty. Returning pilots told of great fires left in Col- ogne aml of gIIIIGI-llllflllll fall- ing upon tho targets in foun- tains of flro.

“It. was." said Flt. Sgt. Wenfield of Montreal. "tho beat of the nine trips 1 have made."

The Germans themselves in cf- ficial broadcasts acknowledged during the day that there had been material damage in western Germany.

The extraordinary small number of loose; relative to tho weight of

tho attack-Jess thm two per °i-'.‘."."=".-'!- A“. _-M. ‘l’

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Contract Let For - New Naval College

VICTOR-IA. Ari16-(CP)-A contract for oons tion of a $840.- 000 Royal Canadian Naval College st nearby Hotloy Park has been lot to uney Brothers, limited. of Victoria. was arn today. A nouncement that the College would be establish-

d mldo songeugme ago by

3f."

e hero was Nay! Minister Mocdo

The new three-storey. concrete bulldinll will.“ n tho resent college at which t4 are rained f commissi in

lllion Navy ml‘: is fluxpecwitlhcmld a . e e building will be ulod for edmé- fallen 91111008. .

Teachers meet Today; Public Session tonight

Prince Edward Island teachers - several hundred of them-will as- semble in Charlottetown today to attend the annual three-day con- vention of the P. E. I. Teacher's Federation to be held in the Prince of Wales College Auditorium. Mat- ters of vital importance to the teaching profession will be discuss- ed. and ideas exchanged,

The convention gets underway at 1 p m. today when enrollment will be held. This will be followed by an executive meeting and the appoint- ment of committees. The highlight of this afternoon's session wil be the address on "Practical Phases of School Wor " by Dr. E.W- Robinson. Inspector of High Schools in Nova.

otia.

At eight o'clock tonight the PN- sident's address will be heard and following this another talk. "Chan; ginig Schools in a Changing World wil be given by Dr. Robinson. The evening meeting ls open to tho public.

Tvvo Succulent llams Bausc llcar Riot

gmN-p, April B-(APW-Two fill!- culont hams hens"? in 5 Mn": store window cause a near- 0 among ration-pinched Italian; who couldn't bolievo their own 0Y6!-

The incident was related today in a mun unlmon Drlnted in the Ivascist nowspomr Lo. stomps 0f Turin

The nowmaper llld l Ifllmbll" crowd gathered in front‘ of the store at the spectacle of two mar- vellcus hams." and began oski ono another if the hams wore res

or a joke.

The crowd grew, traffic was blocked and lice were called. Finally the nu oritles learned that

sure eno . tho hams. describe u "gifts rom God" were roll and had been acquired legally.

The proud owner. who had put the hams in tho window merely for show purprsoo. was ordered to hang them out of plmllc view."

Will prepare Blueprint for Attack on Europe‘

By Ross Munro

Canadian Press War Correspondent SOMEWHERE iN ENGLAND. Ap- ril 5 -- ICP Cable) —Headquarters of the 1st Canadian army were op- ened in southern England today with the major aim of preparing blueprints for an attack on .l;e ene- my-lield continent of Europe,

Co-Operating ulith British organi- zations established for tile some

quarters will help work out strategy for an offensive in which Canadian forces based in the United Kingdom are certain to take a practical part.

It was generally considered that with the Canadian army now fully formed under the command of Lt.- Gen. A.G.L. McNaughton th€':‘c is assurance greater than ever at the weight of opinion of the Cun- adian leaders’ will be of import- ance in big decisions on offensive operations and plans for future campaigns.

In anbinterview Gen. McNaughton emphasized that the new headquart- ers were headquarters for attack. He repented his belief that the war can be won only by mmshing the Germans on the continent and made it clear that tlze 1st. Clnnrlian army was being trained lo strike offensively.

Tho new Canadian headquarters “lflfidv have started to lake shape. Mal-Gen. G. R. Turner and Ital‘.- Gen. C.S.L. Hertzberlz. both lint Dlmfwled fl'0m the rank of briga- dler- Rlrelldy have moved in and several lieutenant coioncls were seen working there Other officers and clerks arrived every few hours as the skeleton staff grew to a working basis.

One man army Hits Jap Patrol

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MELBOURNE, April

Despite all that tins been vrrillen about. the courageous defenders of Bataan peninsula. there still

are many tales of individual hero- ism that never have been told.

There is. for instance, the story of a black night whm Captain Arthur Wermuth, American offi- cer whose exploits caused him to be known as “the one-mun army" was pussyfooting along behind the Japanese lilies on a scouting mis- sion. l-le bumped into about 20 shadowy figures, the first of whom raised a finger to his lips and murmured a warning "s-s-s-s-h-hl"

Wermuth, realizing he had run into a. Japanese patrol. tirade a similar gesture a n d replied, "s-s-s-h-h-h!" Then he drew a firing pin from a grenade. pressed the missile into the hand of the Japanese, closed the man's lingers and tiptoed away into the dark- ness with another admonishinl; “s-s-s-h-h-h!"

The Japanese opened his ling- ers a. moment or two later, rcleasv ing the firing mechanism. and—.

Then there is the story of the Filipino scout who fell in behind a Japanese scouting party of 11 men marching along a trail in single file one night near Davao The Filipino drew out his bolo. lopped off the head of the near- est man and then cut the when: coiumn down one by one from behind. .