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A people's morals have greater ln. lluencc on their destinies than the Policies of their statesmen.

i Read by Everybody Covers Edward Island Like the Dew

SATURDAY, MARCH c, 194a

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lnbscrtptlnn Delivered, $5.00 Iail. H.001 oihnv Provinces and u.s..e some,

CHARLOTTETOWN, CANADA,“ 10 PAGES

CAPTURE MORE THAN 100 LOCALITIES

Ad... Tc Vote r...- Bracken) at Next Electioni Fresh Ea... i ll.S. To Pave Mddé A180 Qn

Ammds m" Southern Front

Conflict Ends SOO-Mile-Wide Red Anny Salient

HALIFAX, MhIlCh 5—-(CP) —-The Is Being Driven Westward.

‘Senate ilommittee Appointed To Study Post-liar Problems

Declares Liberals y... Read _Him Out Of arty If They “Desire

i y grill’ Justify the course I have us-

Conent last Wednesday bidet announced sc- ccptanoc of m. Hepburn! rcei

tion Jldtnaletteriothcrc

provincial treasurer indicated tha he action stemmed from disagree- ment with h! ‘lcpburnu opposi- tion to the Federal Liberal govern-

ment. » i sleet-men. The letter of tic l.“ in: car." n. "s nmcusciifilci”? ‘i’; . o . I ». Jo n Bracken, decent, mcnt and e Dom on Gown

d imd. t t vakindliy men who is out‘ w m‘ h‘

War Situation Last-Night

By John M. Hlghtowcr. Associated Pres: War Analyst

It might seem at first glance that the wailc ing defeat admlnlstgygfl gefl-Ialvtan lay! Allied airmen in the Bismarck Sea hattle would work in re- ‘f’ f; "H! forces strlklns at enemy stro points in the Pacific.

nil-based Allied atrpower can comp ctely wipe out a zz-ship

11:11"! 00min! "mill! "BIG. the advocates cf this reasoning argue, then

n -bascd Japanese atrpowcr can be cx ted to cause heavy damage simiiiar American force dentin‘ w_thtn its range.

Ily this conclusion such Jap basei as Truk, 1,000 miles north ol the Solomon Islands, or ltabaul, northeast of New Guinea, or other enemy Neil-ions in the Dutch East Indies could be Judged almost invulncrabie.

The conclusion had some merit last summer when Japan's uir force was still s formidable weapon. In fact, Admiral Ernest J, King, the Am_ crican naval chief said last June in comment on tbc victory st Midwa that land-based p nos had contributed iargel to Japan's defeat an that a simillar fate might have bchllen American forces had they been caught in similiar circ noes.

The admiral‘: view, entirely valid then, undoubtedly has been re- vised since. For a long series of engagements has shown that in aerial combat Japanese fliers and p.lan_cs ‘are distinctly ‘ ’ to American.

The Bismarck Sea battle The enemy loss list for that warships, ll transports, 82 planes and an est mated 15.000 men. General MacArthus-‘s headqua t“, has announced the loss of four American air-

By JACK WILLIAMS Canadian Press Staff

Writer OTTAWA,- March b --(cP)-'1'iu 3011B" lode! Iwoluted s. com- mittee of ee members to study post-war problems, with particular emphasis on problems of recon- lt-rlwtion. rc-cstsblishment and s national scheme of social and heaithwilnsursncs, ey's dnbate on the com- mittee's mointment. member. on ‘both sides cl the House urged the necessity of immediate action in enticibetins Doct-wer difficulties. Ibllowing the adoption of the motion and naming of the com- mittee the Senate adjourned, to allow an organisation meeting at which Senator Norman Lambert (Lib. ontsric) was made committee chairman.

Nova‘ Scotia Government proposes 3° have every travelled highway" in the Province after the war, Prq. mier A.S. MaoMillan told the Le- lature today as he continued de- ate on the address in reply to the Throne speech. Highway work and bridge repair are among the “many projects" which the Government has tn view to provide employment for return_ tng servicemen and displaced war workers, the Premier declared. He spoke after Donald MacDonald. 0.0 A . Leader, and he said that. when the Government's Legislation _ program was disclosed it. would be mintsup the lesson of thcsc earlier actions. found to contain practically every- portant en ement now stands st l0 aheing sought by the 0.0.1". mem- r. Mr. McDonald demanded im- mediate action on post-war re-

Gordon

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LONDON, March 5-(CP)—Smashing stub- born Nazi resistance southwest of Rzhev in the central front sweep toward the enemy anchor at Smolensk, the Russians have freed more than 100 localities in two days, the Soviet midnight com- munique disclosed tonight. ‘

Fresh gains also were reported on the south- ern front where a 500-mile-wide Red Army salient cut the Bryansk-

to mm a1 m" " said w. nip. tng the Onliitto

tsws. political machine nos long "endeavored to set up a qulsung 9.01%..“ .2“..‘;§.‘°...““ ""

s y cm- Diwin: the policy of resi- lns an agreement an‘ by autocrat- ic abuse of wer."

um pictured himself as - thtbersl," and said that stood alone politicsgg court on

an‘ Fleet ay Put To Sea

ndon Hears Reports Of Powerful emy Warships On Move In "#4"??? ,ér¢9-

‘Iy lcott Icing, Canadian Press‘ Staff Writer

, N Marc — ‘ "h" h I-(Cl CAILI) Iondon gaggle"

today

in: out exercises, _ ~ articles led to immediate conjecture that , tactics as s result oi a change in command, may be pro . to burst out into the North Atlantic and prey cu

l sh With is Forces

Unofficial naval vague in their comment on reports. One said: know of no change tion of German ships waters. ‘Ihc My!“ Nov! » wroohtng is always kilnd of st

in the dis

xeparcd

graph, without

f" HEADQUARTERS IN ' AFRICA. March 8 -(APl -- forces in northern Tunisia H their pressure in the face ~ allied resistance today “Millie reaching here from when sector that ll-lb 8th Army in its first brush with Axis troops ves- - litiicted on the Germans Hlallgzvlosses-heavy enough

_ "i" Patrols olunl lo Sidi l-Ibwt 2s miles south of ‘mg Where the withdrawing "nay hill positions overlooking

i,‘ "W strength shown by

., 1:“ l" the series "of

no the north from Cape

, Mgdlbgfi-zli-‘n-"zob. .it. was

s cccsses were

lltlhuyid that they were mar-

, us)‘ melor strength st the

th° (Linlwgilt eszhowtticwi’.

_ mam 8m- Amy. rnar . ._y~__

nung Events . H I _o_ 8-0-

tn the os l“ class cruisers and destroyers. The

Graf cppelin, ls and the 20,000-ton

the grou , gorlcd n orws and Denmark ego. break men naval force, unofficia the British greater than and Prinz Eugen early in and the Poilibillty of a

Home

a1 engagement in nort ed s shskeup sion of Docnits. The said mtruis were replaced shared Hitler's view value of the German not be known until 1% fights, regardless of he risk. The changes were repo

navy

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1 ho piled ‘all’... dict... min... ccmmusd.

veil Club no 5R" Scott's m? . "M nousrmn rarrsrsu snow

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Ilsimueiscc. e-e-ill p, h,

It a here lllt. lii t.

elation detc of the show he ann lster

eight rtidnozer

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pub- f S!“ IE“ S ll ~ Hhlrasuhoblednln on “sYI-‘ddeinim area of $3.532? hi:

the Nasi navy, chan- ring for c supply

sources were ti! "I personally in nort exit; these matters closely and

to meet In! k, heralded or other-

Th carried in the Even- ing Standard and. éhe Daily ‘rele- l entifying the

of their information. said _ Trond- d the battleship

a’ which this could be attained should

Scharnhorst also were reported with The Scharnhorsc was re- rhe Skagerrak between three "weeks out by a mayor Ger- sources

pointed out, probably would involve Fleet in s hunt that, for the Bismarck the war motor nav- hern water-ts. The two newspapers also repor - in the Nazi naval

command as a result oi tho succes- 10 Ad others whfi

that the fu - d wick), J. A. MacDonald (Prog. Con.

coul goes out and

ried to t Admiral Fricke, fonncr

ills’?-

1-‘ ' enemas station . ”’ no March s-(on- m m‘ Pl bgol§te£ Prtcsisu $0"!

The name of the committee is c "l" ‘ on lic- ‘ Re

cstabitslment and Social Securit ." "A silbwcmmfttee on social security a: b")! It up under chairman-

E of, Senator A. K. I-Iugcsscu (Li . Quebec). The full committee will meet Monda to discuss its

llflldl.

Senator J. W. dcB. Farris‘ (Lib. Sm Columbia) suggested ap- E‘ out of a second member of me $313: {g the Sclnate to

e way or a p o introducing government measures in diesel! r fogs.‘

no . . hi. Sovernment 56M“ 108681’. il a member of the Cabinet.) .

Bemtiktgiéwd-EDA. Calder (fur-ca Cain. 5""- . skins e e- bate on the olefin to ctznaziittee. recalled that i

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ed with m war's end. Senator Cairlne Wilson (Lib. Ontario) said there was consider able concern among ths problems peculiar to them an m. ceiving little consideration in dis- cussion of post-war affairs. The large number of women who, under war conditions, had become wage earners would represent s comm. erable problem.

Senator W. McL. Robertson (Lib, Nova Sootio) making his firm HPQWh in the senate said the est- ab ishment of the committee pro. vided s unique opportunity for the Senate. While the Maritime Prov- inces would be strongly opposed to any reduction in the power o1 the Upper House, there was e feeling that the Senate had not been fully w: to its opportunities for ser-

Scnator Sinclair

Senator J. 1.‘. Sinclair (Lib. Prince Edward Island) said main- te of s subsistence level of living under a social security pro- gram might involve direct control of living costs and methods by

receive the committee's comm"- attcn.

"There are greet change: facing us-chsngcs that require careful thought and consideration," he said in su rting the motion.

Mom a pointed to the com- rnittec in s lion to senator Lem- bert and Senator Huger-sen include: C. P. Beaubicn (Prog. Con. Quebec), A. B. Copp (Ltb. New Brunswick) I. A. David (Lib. Quebec). P. R. DuTrcenblay (Lib. Quebec), L. M. Gouin (Lib. Quebec), C. B. Howard (Lib. Quebec, G. B. Jones (Prog Con. New Brunswick). Government senate Leader J. H King, A. s. 1-8891‘ (Pros Con. New Bruns-

Prince Edward Island), J. A. Mac- donald (Pr-cg. Con. Nova Scotls), Donald Machennan (Lib, Nov; Scotia), Eugene Pequot (Frog. Con. 1 Quebec). W. Mot. Robertson (Lib. Nova Scotia). J. !.'. Sinclair (Lib. Prime Edward Island), B. J. Smith (Pros. Con. New nrimswick.)

SIIKS LIGHTS! SINTINCI

promo Court today death sentence, llc was ch

s. German svta his flltht from

M81’. ‘ill. a Canadian

"w." “$10M the will review the convicion be en- iu a weds. . . .

RAJ’. Bombers Qver Europe Last

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mecca some - > mum-we Aura-rue aairmseac 5s

clailecutive

Night

s few n6.?“oi's'“.'.‘§°‘°.'§2‘"’

ft. _

The Japanese plane loss proves Protected by fighters and sincc thcr u

o crating Inllc

htcra .

The only explanation for what for what Allied fliers and

A: the impend the Japanese will there a temporary,

closer

inflict enough losses

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Raised T0 $70,000.

OTTAWA, March 5—(CP)- The House of ‘Common; on Monda will continue debate on Finance nist- er Ilsley's budget.

OTTAWA, March if —(CP)—

Letters and parcels for Cans. disn servicemen should be mail- ed at once for delivery by Easter Day the Post Office Depart- ment said today. It said no rnall- ing for Easter should be later than March l5. MONTREAL. March 5 -fCP) - Trim, gnarl: and smiling. Canada's first class cf women wireless op- crators for R.C.A.F. ground duty received their "sparks" here today from Air Marsha‘: "Billy" Bishop in a colorful ceremony in the No. 1 Wireless School.

Tighten ll.S. Liquor Laws

HALIFAX, March 5--(CP)--l=‘ur- ther tightening oi Nova Scotisls liquor rationing law was announced today in a release from the office of the provincial liquor commis- sioner which also forecast even more stringent restrictions in the future and increased the price of spigirlis by approximately 7t cents a qu _ .

According to the new rationing system, beginnin March 8, Nova Sections will be a owed to buy only one pint of spirits or one quart of wine or l2 quarto‘ of beer weekly. Ibrsnoriy the ration hut rmitted the aces of one quar of mir- its or two quarts 0.‘. wine or i2 quarto of beer weekly.

The release stated that the rees- cn for the out was that smiles ei- lotted to this been

c re

‘quite pose

duotion will h vs to be mode” to assure an utebie distribution of

the vicinity they must have been land-based; l. u. their buscs than were Allied

had happened many times bet uipmcnt arc decisively superior, ng Allied offensive develc s it can fight hard and to the des . They triumph. Undoubtedly the advancing forces. But it seems certain now to prevent the advance Island strong points necessary to their eventual defeat.

_ Prince Edward island 'Over

that the surface fleet was heavily e is no evidence of aircraft carriers moreover they were

bombers sud

happened in the Bismarck sea and ore in the Solomons areas is that

be expected that av score here and

tot losses on the able to the

will i at they will n from enveloping all

habliitatlon, changes in adminis- tration of the Nova Scotta trade union's act, increased old age pen- sions, mothers allowances and work- men's com motions, improved ed- ucational acillties and better hou-

s Repeated clashes between the Premier and (LC F. members in- ierrupled Mr. Macmillazrs address as he criticised policies of the third r .

mThye Premier disclosed hi: govern-

de attempts to obtain

e1 shipbuilding yard

The

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S’S1de Reports Over $11,000 Raised In That Town Alone —- Provincial Objective Voluntarily

Rod Oross National l-loadquartors set an objective of $50,000 for Prince Edward Island for this year's Rod Cross campaign against an objective set last your of $40,000.

This total was more than achiev- ed yesterday and this Province is again the first in Canada to go over the top and already has s. very considerable margin to spare.

At its reporting supper for work- ers llelcl last. evening, the town oi summerside clone reported contri- butions of over eleven thousand doilars-—practically all in cash-a truly magnificent result for that enterprising community and Prince County Chairman Peter Clark ex- pects that the town's total will be further increased to over $12,000.

The original objective set for the whole of Prince County includ- ing Summerslde was $15,000, so it is already certain that. amount will be greatly exceeded.

All early reports received from the rural areas show that the col- lectors are meeting with a splendid response and increasd subscriptions all along the line indicating’ that the cotmtry districts, equally with Charlottetown and Summerside, fully realize the need of supplying the Red Cross in this invasion year with funds sufficient to provide a-

ainst. oil contingencies.

Assured that; this feeling is gen- eral throughout the Province the campaign uxmutlve have felt fully justified in voluntarily raising the Provincial objective by another twenty thousand dollars or forty per cent to a new objective of $70.- 000. ‘The people of Prince Edwnrd Island are certainly realizing the humanitarian privilege which is theirs by adequately supporting tho Red Cross and it must be a. satis- foctinn to all of them to know how large and how noteworthy their efforts loom in this greet Canadian campaign.

Charlottetown Air Gunner Graduates

MOUNTAIN VIEW. Ont., March l S-(CP)-Group Captain It. A. Cameron tods. presented wings to airmen from anode, Australia and New Zealand at No.’ d bing and Gunnery School here.

Graduates included:

Nova Bcotia: LM. Hill, Piotou: NJ, Saulnicr, Little Brook.

Prince Edward Island: C.A. Mac- donsld. Charlottetown.

‘all anti-submarine

ted. walla ‘ti: bellgdgie-El Government‘: ant: of eaoooo s vc for vflbl" s4 mtgsdgyihe saaildlthls 1?;

ilIlC YES l‘ a . Bigisufficfsnt w cope with the "i"

.. uaéllgnccndemned criticism of 00h-

. 1f n: o. persons who gitigidii vlicrcancgfiarriillar with con_ ditions in this city, where the cop- ulation had doubled in the 18-5"

LhIBB YSHTS.

ll.S. ilae Deadly linti-Sub Graft

M h I (AP) WASHINGTON. arc — -.Spcedy and dearilly. equipped "m!

weapons knoWfl m science, a new type 01 W5?’ Sh"; 1g flying the American flag rggdy m battle undersea raiders. plxavyd Stzgretory Prank - c osc BY-

"Seveml score" of tha sicck iittl: craft already "are in the water." he said, and "several hundred more are called for in the con- struction program. _

In another answ r to the U-ooat the Nsvv and Marltime Commission revealed that. S1111) llmductlm reached new highs in 1"!!!)WHY- United statcs shipyards turned out 150 new warships of about zoopoo tons and 13o cargo vessels with a lntnl (Vmlucement of 1,230.2!) deadwelght tons.

Famous Sealing Ship Goes llown

ST. JOHNS, NFLD. March 5 — (c? Cablcl- The s.s. Neptune. for 70 years queen of the colorful Nev/foundland scaling fleet, clear- ed her lust port. early thls morning when her seams split and She sank close to this harbor.

The sturdy steamship, reduced to hauling freight by the decline in the sealing business, was loaded to the coamings with coal when she founder-ed. An sos call brought s oug to her aid and all her crew were rescued.

February Biggest‘ Production Month For lI.S. Planes

Kiev railway in the

at turning German and Orel to the north and

Strikes At llew Waterford Settled

NEW WATERFORD. N’. 5-—(CP)—-Opcraticn at Do i Coal Company's No. It

here were resumed today? after s. one-dc work stoppa employ- ees see ing to have all pit workers Join the United Mine Workers of

Amer-i bout 1.000 in

I . March m n1

ca. The strike affcctins a

men, was called yesterday mom

Inter, the union's local reported a -

most all the 30 non-union miners

had joined the organization. Meanwhile, of!

“P

earlier this week had been satisfactorily. The strike was called when s disagreement developed over the way men were allotted to work-

ing places in the mlne's main deep- ___.___m__

Says iiagnon’: Statement incorrect

UITAWA. March L-(Cll-De- fence Minister Balaton in the House of Commons today declined to comment on s. discussion on na- val matters in the Quebec legisla- ture yesterday, except to say he wfl-s informed s. statement made by One- sime Gagnon (Un. Msoane) in the legislature wss not correct.

The question was raised by Gor- don Graydcn Progressive Conserv- ative House leader.

Col, Ralsion said the legislature discussion was in connection with something said by Navy Minister Mocdonald in Quebec and he pre- ferred that Mr. sodoneld should make any statement to be mad the I-lousc after his return to Ot- tawa next Monday.

(In his speech in the Quebec leg- islature. Mr. Gagnon said that “not. 20 but u words of 30 ships were sunk in t e St. Lawrence River and ln the Gulf of St. Lawrence lest summer."

(In an address at Quebec Wed- nesday Mr. Macdonold told the Canadian Club that 20 ships were sunk in the St. Lawrence area last. year and added that "this year we will have stronger defences along our shone, and more ships h» fl- cort work. . .")

Nazis Prepare Second Line

was being driven westward to sector between recaptured Lgov and Sevsk. This manoeuvre also wa defences hinged on Bryansk

s aimed

northeast.

pproxlmale 2.000 Germans were reported lied and 1,165 cap- tured during todays operations, but the Russians did not report any advances in the Donets Basin where the Germans for days have claimed successful counter-act that have ussertedly regained Kra- matoxsk, Slavyansk, and Lisl- chansk in the sector north of Sta- lino. The Gcnnun High Command ‘ ‘ "- oodsy that the Russian 3rd army was encircled south of Khar- kov snd was about, to be wiped out. The Russians also were silent a- bout further opelutiong n. the western Caucasus where the Gcr- mans still are clinging to positions pivoting on Novorossisk, Black Sea

port.

On the central front the immedi- ate Russian goals appeared to be Vyazma. 80 miles south nf Rzhev. and Gzhatsk, 00 miles to the southeast.

Total British Naval Losses

ZDNDON March k-(CP CABLE

—Brttain has lost 41s warships dnce the start of the war, Lord Bruntisfleld Parliamentary Secre- tary to the Admiralty, told the House of Lords today in reply to s. question. Recalling the statement yesterday d A.V. Alexander, First Lord o! the Admiralty, that the Royal Navy i: mllfih 511008" than a year ago, lord Bruntisfield gave this break- down of Britain's naval losses:-

Forty-four submarines, five cap- ital ships seven aircraft carriers. 25 cruisers. 4 armed merchant cruis- ers, 94 destroyers, 14 corvettes. one monitor, eight sloops, 22 mine- sweepers, 150 crawlers. 14 drifters. one minelayer, three yachts, five gunboats and three cutters