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Vlieviews Extravagant Liberal Financing In

Debate On

Soviets Cnly 24 Miles From = Smolensk

W, March 29--(AP)—i'ted “$3.9m. battling town-a the m; German base at Smolensk. W, only 32 miles from the closest goviet columns. have captured 1W!‘ mm villages, and on tbs southern (not have repulsed trwo German attempts to break through the de- mure line on tha UPWr Donal-l» m, Russians reported by. righting over the long front IP- pwec to be mainly local e 88e- menls. and there were no ma rial plunges." the midday communique declared. -

l Canada Packers l‘ Employees Strike

WINNIPDG. March 20-40!)- pnployees of Canada Packers. numbering about 900. walked off their Jobs after lunch today in what union leaders termed "a spontan-

eous walkout in

against the comp ‘s refusal to

tars action an lonalanding griev-

“i'i.‘.'§el“im’“i“i.n members of

the Unites Packlnghouse workers of America. Union. b

there was no comment avalla lo

l.| ‘bimodal/Bl! from some»: offic-

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Ellen: on In y littawa Today.

con- ferences in wi Pra- aldellt Roosevelt, tata Secretary Cordell Hull and other top-ranklnl American leaders. Anthony Eden la an in Ottawa toruonow for dis- cussions with Prime Minister Mac- King and other Canadian o o . The British Fbrei ’s Secretary's , mission to Washin n has been both important and unspectacular. lie came rlmarily for a frank ex- change o views on a wide range of military and political sub ts Ind mulleaves well satisfied wi tho ra- eu

speaking in Annapolis, Md, last

Friday night, Eden said “there has

_ teen a meeting of minds between us

y about the present and the future that will we ans sun. boar fruit.”

14,208 Conscientious

‘llllieotors Registered rm- o-

‘ (YPTAWA sMrch N -— (CP) - ippllcatlons for exemption from . Wwpulsory military service on the pound of conscientious obieotlon bu! 420a, said a return tabled in use

f an Ettore and 1,213 now are doing al- native

‘ sol-v

l The return aaid m4 faued to repof" ‘- and 152 were taken into custody. . Personnel of tho so c establish- .~ 3d for conscientious ob tors was ~ lit at Dec

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l: Coming Events a v0’ f more "'-

Tlle Budget

With four and a quarter million do-lars more revenue than their Conservative predecessors the Campbell vernment in sev- en years not only spent this addi- tional amount but added four and a half million dollars to the debt of the Province, declared Hon. nr. WALP, MacMillan, leader of the Opplleition, in a trenchant. address ln the logislature yesterday.

Dr, MacMillan was speaking in U10 Bllaah dfibllbC. Hg spohg 101' about two hours yesterday after- MOXI. and moved the adjournment ll ‘5 0.111. The House meets again “wt-Till ‘ifiiirfi- .

8T i d l. A was his eighth budget s m m“

h. “I am 8W9." Said Dr. MacMllul, "that everyone e ted him to say his

"ei hth and last." e budget speech did not differ materially from those the Premier had made on other occasions, ‘ As an example of the kind of le islation assed under Liberal as: mini-Huston. Dr. MacMillan citod the amendments bro t in a few d!!! 08° by the Minis r of Educa- tion. to make revisions in the Act regarding a most important rnat_ tor so far as the teachers of Gnar- lottetown and Sumrnerside were °°i‘%°"‘§l‘.; i e mer, he continued, had IIKQII CfCdlC l0!‘ b01111 pblg [9 pyg- duce a surplus on current account. and a reduction in liabilities. It was about time that the practice of piling deficit upon deficit was n ex n ures f this administration. pe o

when we consi r that we havo m “l!!! lplft 1mm our agricultur- al and fishery industries. We have now reached about half of that Imflllll 0t‘ Oil! debt ll about - sooooo." ”' Whenever a Liberal comes into power in th Dr. MscMillsn continue . there has resulted a tremendo increase in debt. In Sept. i028 when the first Stewart (Conservative) Govern- ment took office, the liabilities were 01,731,406: and when they left in 1M‘! the debt was $159,504. a goo: increase iln four years of S428.- or a yeary ncrease of $107,000, ‘I510 Uberflls in the next four W"! increased the debt to 83.337,- 4-06, an crease of 81.171901, or an 333F080 vurly increase of 52M,-

Thc Stewart-Macmillan Govem- ment held office from Aug. 29, 1931 Aug, l5. i035. during the worst period of the depression, to which W86 added the unfortunate 108s of Faiconwood Hospital and Prince of Wales College. The Government was forced to finance these pro- lflcts. and also make a lar e oan to get clear of s huge ban over- dra t which bequeathed them by their Libero ' pred rs. It

zoulties in addition

ese di

to doing a grc deal of work on the Bordan-Glarlottctown high- WIY. for which they obtained $5.500 per mile from Ottawa. At the end of their term the came out with a debt increase o one and a half million dollars.

The Liberal Government took of- fice on Aug. l5 i085 and found a debt of carriers. Todn the amount of the debt is t0. 02.382, or an increase in seven years of $4,524,435. This is a debt increase ha rate of $646,000 a year. In seven “years ill have til-tactically doubt the deb of the ovince.

Revenues Compared Compar revenues under both

parties, Dr. aoMillan recalled that under the Conservatives in i002-

Elvernment rovince.

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n’ S4 gasoline tax amountod to $518,-

012, an verags of $172.00) a year. In the l:st seven years the Camp-

C.ll.ll. Revenues At All-Time lligh _ »

MR. R. U. VAUGHAN

OTTAWA, March so - (C?) - With revenues at an all-time high, the Canadian National Railways paid to the government s. cash sur- plus of $25,068,268 on 1942 oper- utions, it was shown in the annual report tabled tzday in the House of Commons ‘by Transport Minister Michaud.

Gross revenues, at $375,654,543 averaged more than $i,000,000 a day and net revenue, after payment of all operating expenses, was 886.655,- 069, an increase of $20,047,528 com- pared with the reviws year. The cash surplus, paid to the govern- ment after payment or taxes and interest. represented an increase of

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s; “seq to be hm-rmedx. Md rm . . res en, sad n s repor .

Mugging“, ‘lw hem. esgonsme Freight traffic was more than

51mm”; o; fl1u,G°vel-nment 5mm double the peak of the first great

up in tn; H"_\3 m4 on pubuc pm, war and 40 percent in excess of

forms and tell the plq that, A the peacetime recorder i028. Pass- debt "of ‘l u»; ongcftraflifiwas so per cent great- "

would not be m, mug)‘ go,- m, er than in 1028. During the year

Province. statements c! may, 5nd the railway hauled 71,646,000 tons

are most r and 11141111013 of revenue freight and carried

30,883,000 revenue passengers. Handling this increased traffic without large increases in equip- ment and personnel was one of the railways most serious problems.

Fonner Secretary To Pope ls Dead

LONDON. March 29-lCP)- Cardinal Ermellcgiido Peilegwin- ettl, a distinguished Vatican dip- lomat and oncc secretary to the late Pops Pius XI, died in jtonle late tonight, the Rome radio said in a broadcast recorded by the As- sociated Press.

Cardinal Pellcglinettl, who was among those mentioned in 1939 as a, possible successor

Pius XI, was 67. l-le was reported ill last Thursday night in a broad- cast by the Borlln radio, which said he was rushed lo a hospital from his home in the Palazzo dsl San Uffizio to be operated on.

Tell 0i Sharp Channel Clash

LONDON, March 29 —-(CP)-—The Admiralty announced a sharp channel action during darkness ear-y today in which light coastal forces of the Royal Navy either sank (r damaged at least four Ger- man E-boats.

The E-boats were intercepted off the esat coast of lllngland and two ‘g engaged five of the ‘gunfire. first bowins up one. An: er was rammed her stern bloke away, the coni- munique said. Serious damage was inflicted on two others.

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' By Glenn Babb, Associated Press War Analyst

Rommel has begun the last leg

of his lens fllsht from Esvnt. The

main question now is whether it ever will bring him to the Tunis-BH-

l erte area for which he ls heading o

r will come to an earlier, bloody end

somewhere along the ZOO-mile coastal corridor above his abandoned

1 Muletir Line.

The German chieftain faced destruction If he tarrled a slay longer

in‘ assault of his old nemesis, Gen.

ago wlll complete that 200-mlle north. If ll ‘ does ‘ '

pitched battle with Montgomc y, at the coast and battle all the way to

driving his ‘ the tanks and slukas he can spare

through the Gsbea bottleneck, altho

strike west of Cubes. The forces le

Meanwhile the Allied command

l in the strongpoints which were crumbling under the unrelenti

, grind- Slr Bernard Montgomery's 5th Army.

ft remains to be seen whether the course he hla chosen offers any better hops for survival. ln any case it la highly unlikely that any considerable ' part of the 80.000 men arrayed against Montgomery's attack nine days Jamey to Join Von Arnlnfa forces in the t t ‘ n:

It will enforce his

claim to rank as one of the great Captains of this war. But his troubles are only beginning. When he fled from hi; last

El Alamein five months ago, he had

most of North Africa in which to manoeuvre. Now he must keep close to

prevent the three strong American

columns poised on his left flank from plunging down from the hills aral ' ’ columns Into the sea. Doubtless he has assigned all

to try to hold Patton's hard-hitting

Americans in check but if any of these holding forces breaks it probably will be the end for the famed Africa. Corps. It la possible that already he has passed the bulk of his command

ugh that ls not assured. lfe obviously

chose to run to escape Montgomery's brilliant manoeuvre of sending a powerful flanking column 150 miles around the Mareth fortifications to

ft facing the main body of the 8th

Army at the end apparently were little more than a rearguard.

shows no disposition to let Von Ar-

nlm wait unmolested for the Junction of Axis forces which may never be achieved. Gen. Anderson's 1st Army already ls slashing back after weeks of holding operations at the norihem end of the line. There is every in- dmlmm "l" l fill“! 0! filllllmlg-n for bringing the Tunisian campaign to an early close is being put into operation.

Montgomery The “Fox Of

vers of North African

. .BJ.DON..WWHITEHEAD. . Associated Press Staff Wrifor WEITH THE BRITISH 8th ARMY WFST Oi‘ GABES, March 28 —(Delayed)— (AP) -In his b188cst gamble of the entire Afri- Cfln WmPB-ldn. Gan. Sir Bernard L. Montgomery has out-faxed tho "fox of the desert" by one of the bold- est and most daring manoeuvres accomplished by the so. Army in CBYIIPBIBTI to drive Marilal Rommel out of North Africa.

Strong elements of British troops Dill-flanked the Mareth Line lllrwkh a wild. sandy, dust-blown lfmkc of the Sahara Desert across country whim seemed impossible for an army to move over.

Waterless Wasteland

I know because I hvave Just come across this waterless wasteland which Rommel apparently thought could never be crossed by annor. Never in the almost 2,000-mile ad- vance from El Alamein have a seen country whlzh laszishes men and machines more than this land.

But the 8th Army accomplished the final phases of the move in a spectacular dam at almost unbe- lievable .

It wasn't a case of playing safe and taking no chances-not, his

move. It was the test b1 Qen- lvlwlrsnmerv Fills ta 221-: cool, calculated gamble which

forced Rommel to divide his army into two parts in Southern ‘Tunisia.

77"" W961“ 8-80 a force went around the Matmata Hills and then

Oatfoxes The Desert”

i Accomplishes one of the most daring manoeu-

Campaign.

towasd» ~ wasteland. Quick Decision

When the Germans repulsed the break-through in the Maneth Line

a quick decision.

was ordered to move swiftly from their Mnreth positions. The move began at night on March 23

that enemy observers in the Mal-

umns of transports, tanks, and guns swarming south toward Foum Tntahouine and around the flank of the Inmmtains forming part 0f the Mareth Line.

And on March 36 when the ar- mor arrived here. the battle plan was already made and the tanks were sent in to attack the Germans and Italians holding Melab gap. 20 miles south of El l-famma And 30 miles from the sea.

After crossing some ZOOJniles of the desert along the trail of the ancient camel caravans, the armor went inlo the attack. Within 4B hours it had taken at 188M 3.000 prisoners.

The sudden move threatened to cut RommeYs armv in half and is- olate the enemy holding the Ma- rel-h Line from those around GabesJ

The way troops and armor mov- gd across that punishing route was one of the finest pieces of dwrft manoelrvrng in this war.

ovafln??r., Carley Floats

OTTAWA March 29 — (C?) _ Men who survived the slnki cf the Canadian Corvette Louis urg owe their lives to the functioning of the carley floats, three of which were put into the water and into

“m1 which practically all the 48 sur-

vivors piled. Lieut. RlAl Jarvis of Toronto said at a press conference hers todisiy. m m " ur e-sav ment func- "Ollod Wtll." he Pllfld I was lad to learn on meeting Capt. C. . Prentice at Halifax that more won: is being done toward impro- ving and increasing the supply of life-saving equipment on the ships.”