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boat acquisition books.

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SE CONVOY IS SMASHED

2.2.11 '::.:::::. 15, 00E M... Aboard Said A Wiped Out

Allies Score One Of Greatest Victories In Pacific War.

cuakuorrurowu. CANADA, "rriuRspAY. MARCH 4, 1947s

JAP

iazi Bombers Make Weak eprisal Raid On London Dept. Estimates

i British Capital Under 90 Minute Alert; R.A.F. 0.... Prob-bu 0v" Gemw Aa-u- ktrsi::ii'*..........':s‘.':.::.“.r. .....*:.::.: ::"t':-...:":::'...lrr".i'":

‘.- - (yrpawa, “my. 3._(°p)_p;¢. movement “to shorten the line."

_ 143mg“. m“. 3 __(m,)_ vision of t1.000,000 for thspurchaae lhhev wee e moat werfel tton or the llna, defended by e . German bombers struck weakly at 1°‘: Wile!‘ to maintain prices estab- '1'" "W" lllll I in; ee. Its surrender dangerously ex- p u . “new gum‘... m mjxpmud ,,e_ bed by m, ma" ma"; ".4 u; mhnot only Vyauna but even Smolenls and Bryeusk to Russian

i’ my“; n“ ma“ an“, n" pay Tincegggry storage, lnguygngg m m: niovallnents from the north and east. Oroi la alreadly in close

I which kgpf, the 5n m. “p. um and freight charges thereon, was Pgh! V?! o-aoodldoa with only weetward escape routes sti open. d“ 11m for about to minutes. “melded in agriculture depart. e un e o lunge toward u... Uppdr lnvat, west of recaptured f Th. m.“ a4 I W W“ merit estimate; 15519.1 1n m9 Home Demyanak, has ominous dual possibilities for the foe. It could strlhe m "human “n, u“ Al“. of Commons today by Fflnancg on northwestward to by-peas or encircle Staraya Buses and menace _____ m“ uuu“ on “m; Minister Ilsloy ll Dart of the we: Pakov. or tam down the Lcvnt toward Veilhte Lnltl. lltltlllblln] the dang. ° a Nvriatloru- or to the Vitebah ' " key to ' um - r- along 0 March l-(Ofl- rletion for the whole central front.

. er Gordon Conant ef Ont- tenightJnnollllded accept-

. of the resignation or

.. lal treasurer Mitchell ' hil‘".:."tt‘i.' 2.2.“:

l 03 0 - from dllllllfillllll‘ "- Mr. Ile burn'a opposition

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Agriculture

l1 Klrbe L Simpson, Associated Pres: War Analyet f‘ ti: whole Naal bedfihog threat to Moscow from tha

Tighter Control 0 f P u b l i c Utilities Forecast In Speech From Throne.

HALIFAX, March s-(CM- 1n- cressed old age pensions and mo- ther's allowances and tighter con- trol of public utilities in Nova Sco- tia were forecast today in the speech from the throne read at the opening of the second session of the Province! 19th Legislature.

Debate on the address in reply to the throne speech. which began immediately after the formal onen- ing, produced criticism of the Lib- ersl Governments highway policy from vrithin its own ranks. R. M. Fielding (Lilb. Halifax West). mov- er of the address. demanded re- vision of the practice cf embarking

Cievttaall districts were In e were a num-ber of casu- an pplies Board lthl th lul- plum‘ new“. vmrkg: titre Department? lncliide; isAril-iiern %leg§os0.ooo for assistance in dis-

one dug in “l: ring“?! one o ‘u; _ t m“ ‘mo m‘ of lcultural products rendered surpus by war, The

no concerted attack. mmbed’ Estimates for tho Agricultural

er any question that German armies in the centre have been bled white to furnish reinforcements for the Russian ‘ “ red front ln the aoulh. Since there are credible Russian reports of battle contact with Nazi divisions newly-arrived In ltussla from western France and the low

— ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN AUSTRALIA,

W m‘, atom’ “’},‘°“.},°' °l e total war ap . an o er panes eter dropped explosives but there was u“ Aaflculm" 99PM "lent W88 That sonthwestward drive from the Lower Invat vantage point la ggiwdllfl against $20,820,000 1855 apparently what Nani commanders anticipate. If the retreat from llshev is merely a Nazi-planned manoeuvre to lhuflfill IIIIH. it confesses badly-capped reserves. There seems no lung- .. p min on Governrn tit. .. [a dayof spccutation i r r , a vsllcceedleti‘ Mr. at off

.. , who

tpeald lion. A.8 Clair . ohelrma of the Liquor ~. Board, cold be the Provincial Treaeerer and V aisoae Liquor Board

' . Conan appointed At- -Genera when Mr. Hel- ormedhls -

tocon < . in i981. tol former V in the letter o acceptance i when Mr. Ile burn re- Premiers p he also " - his resignation ea hut acceded to Mr. ~ ‘s request to Premier said Mr. -- then "and a would all! '1 olsh the port ‘V time lt appeared ‘ y u should do lo.” '

. . opposition tier Critical Treatment

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. IIRICTON. March g .40?) lnstlon on the part of Dominion Government against Brunswick was charged in the ure today by l-lugh MacKa . tlon leader in the Assam nier of the Progressive Con- llve party in New Brunswick. ~ the address in reply to from the Throne. Mr. y referred, amo other to naval estabi lieu-sine. New Brunswick for bread. We certainly I101- been offered cake." tvldence to the “absolute luck interest an! little appreciation t is needco in New Bruns- perticulariy at saint John. Md an editorial in today's " John Telegraph-Journal pro- “'1 llialnsl seection of 5t. "it. Que. as the construction "I a large naval establish-

dreds of seamen arrived at “John every week. said Mr. MY- W! the port had "no naval r .no naval canteen, no naval p I110 no barracks of any sort." Ned Willi the editorial de- Billsil malice; or New Bruns- mm enmigytt, he to sustest

‘in contracts let by‘ Wartime m“, Limited, had seven times h“ "8 New Brunswick. "Bow .. u?’ Brunswick going to keep ,, n 9d Mr. MscKnY. "it this -. °i "l"! to make any pro-

“mfmmi. March S-JAH-

‘ m’ “"8" members of the de- tlfo national comrnl“ slig- he Nsident Roosevelt today ., ‘lozll; for e fourth term .. W" f the war ls still on ., ‘n h democratic national I n": use .. .. es o a no from the President."

"ling Events . _U@

mWMFuKs-tnme .

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" lfillfls Imday.

"Mounts ‘ i- "sew " M ‘i-lll‘.

ma“ in ‘a;

l», Queuing; “some; ‘s; . River ' I-lall- w

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m. o. o. Grown s-t-w-r-u.

detention a t Scotla with 2.100 housecim

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Over Germany Again

srn b again, for nsu and-sender, Germany main domestic radio hi‘ area went the Its silence indicated dict planes were strikln nent for the elg tb night

(The ream Deutschlandsender n some time?)

and the

undcmue barrage of London

powerful anti-aircraft guns new Weapons.

answer Londoners had expected i

000 tons of bombs.

“A Damp Squib" called the German "a dam went into w dealt with shrapnel from hundreds in! AA shells fell like hnii. "the Prime Minister has fer Stalin on in: of Berlin by the RAF was last. The tel did not slay long smonl clouds of bursting shells.

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Gandhi Ends 21-Day Fast

- ILLIAM C. M GAFFAN (Asyscc ated new stair Writer)

POONA. INDIA. March K. Gandhi sat d p, glaaa of orang

51.0fm; tired but cheerful. said in a week voice. I 0m thankful to the doctors for servlu

n somethlfl! the doctors’ power that anv Tonight in the Illlfdtq’ the u"

ed me.

t intervals on tho Luau rm akohiid at i of his wea doctors sa

lltiOll .

r dis-o

duration un

mt peanleufl the soon wi oubl tended the all-Ind a 0o aged mm Marsha hurts... of uiu charge) 0 hllll

iionferenoe At llttewe Planned

But the mf- waa apparently

the Berlin to ~ t

Allied at the conti- llltlcclllvl

Communications ‘Commission in New York heard once t it would be off the air “for

The raiders approached singly. noise of their motors fre- uently wag drowned out by the

and ‘lihe raid wasn't anything llkebhe reply to the heavyAne-rad concentmt- ed attack on Ber Monday night ' when the -R.'A.l'. dropped around

A press association commentator effort tonight

ii- ‘rqauiilwlprvecautiona services for a German visit and action immediately. Tn- cendiary bombs in several districts swiftly and of burst-

Ten Downing Starmounced that received cordial congratulations from Prem- the successful‘ bomb-

The German attack onlbondon on much the same scale as the night raid on London Jun. 1'1 few planes reaching the antral;

3~lAPl

z .m. today. ending the

1-day hun er strike whtigh he . 0 i t 88B 1 5

Gel-wok on rtdbwi-ricii kiln? cost his he very

but I feel there mus

rt... a... Airmen Graduate

Palace of A", m 0-year-old Indian loader alppggnélfflflifl Jill"

rl! §flf§flfilfin —8even Marltimers were listed a-

ened cccdltim." t!!!

id _ . what -will happen in Indggiowmlt

robably will remain ‘i: wdlgwmlaog

"will Surplus crops now existing in Canada are wheat and apples, for which export outlets have been n. duced by war conditions.

u“ Th4! "Mo!" sin ie item in the -

' ficulture estlma was

$8.000. or on ‘ of western feed reins to eastern Canada. In ad tion, 52.000000 la set aside for payment of eight cents a bushel on western wheat used exclullvely as feed for live- stock.

Fertilizer subventiona and freight allowances were expeotedpy ye. quire 81,000,000 under the war alp- propriation.

e Senator McIntyre Takes Seat In Senate

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OTTAWA. ilrnreii" i "i-"(cril- "m the senate yesterday three mem- bers, G. P. Cam bell of Toronto, J. P. McIntyre o Mount Stewart, P.E.T.. and W. Mel... Robertson of HfllilflX. all appointed Feb. 19. were sworn in.

New Waterford Goal Strike Ends

NEW WATERFORD, NfinMgrch 3 -(OP)— Elmployecs of Dominion Coal Company's No. l8 colllery here tied up the mine in a strike today but decided tonight to re- turn to their Jobs tomorrow pend. inaqncgotlation of their dispute.

19 Wilkwi- of 400 men was the second strike at No. i8 in the last two days.

Members of the Colliery! United Mine Workers of America local claim that men wanted working places in the pits main deep re- cently should be withlrawn by the Company until recommendations for their placement can be

ion. The day shift workers first went on strike yesterday. but the night employees worked last night. Today, the day men struck again. and th s time they war joined bv the men on

‘l The strike ‘brought the vear's first major tie-up in any Domin- ion Coal Company Mine

made

“v l" . on night shl

2 Three Island

FREDIZRICTON. March 8-(0?)

men; a large class which gradu- ated recently from No. it detach- menéulcu/LF‘. radio school located at k University of New Bruns-

Drilmwltk. the remaining three i coming from Prince Iidwnrd Island. Those from Pr

were: A01 J. . l. nathbone. Charlottetown: shaman. iteaeibrook: A0! . Uttla. 0i‘-

lioef Battle Show Planned March 3i

SAINT JOHN. N.B.. March l- (fg: — Announcement was

J. lail ricton. President of the ‘Dietitian ers’ atlon that the

fAi“...ti‘.“‘.‘.‘J '5 fit that‘! ton on March 1.

tcmoon. meeting of the Id orthorn finders’ Aasoci ite. secretory

are; .

wlc . tour of those were fmn New ll

Inward Island w"

an 8h om aoclation will be the chief speaker. Formation national beef

countries, it follows that only by greatly contracting his northern front can Hitler hope further to bolster his south flank effectively for either defensive or offensive pnrpcaea.

To do that l; to do more even than to mllnquhh, perhaps for one duration of the war, the threat to Moscow. It b to set the garrison of that vast main Russian fortreee free for

fenslve use.

9d to notewo- 0.05.

the objective sot.

served all illi‘

things Dr. MucMlllan.

at inst night's ‘nliird per Tlleclintf of the

bouquets to Mrs. and Mrs. Hurry Renting the

had presented to $120 of Corps

service. Special

DTPDFLTCG the nlehts. Mrs. knowledl-Ied the behalf M the Corps.

FREDERICIUN. —A bill to

n New Brunswick, ln the l

Dominion

in advance of

W3.

ward Island doing it?" ashld Ill‘ ‘the

t

Beetle dPrnce than wtn other at

make ens

Chairman Norman Lowther has good reason to fccl proud of the city (rrgmiizatinxi which and so rrly dilgill! d and fully de- complimentary said of him by Provzncial Chairmsii Bomrxrll and Pmsldeui. No city in Canada has or is likely to better Charlotte- towrrs record ‘m this campaign.

The first event on the program and last sup-

wus the ilrreniution of attractive Manning Bargnall Cudmore repre- Red Cross had provided the hauls and who

ie t for which the had rim-eel to pctfwvm PM

(‘f7

was tendered the ten young ladies of the Fond Admin-isiratzon lion who under Mrs. Curimore had meals for the three Bagnall suitably n1:- nrescntatlon on

There was also a presentation made to Mrs. E. A. Blake. 0n be-

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To filrp-aie N.B. Standard Time

March 3—(CP) tern standard time the accepted standard time 1 ‘ replacing Ai- lnntic standard l. e r was introduced isiature today by Premier

Mic air. "It will not. and doea not purport to. intcrfere with the orders of the authorities for national war tlrM." "id ‘hi! Premier. “According to regulations, war time accep time _ac determined

If adopted. the bill will Brunswick on the some standard uebec and Maino.

ei- said h. understood o ehango wea oontelwlatod in cl

m ~- l bell d “m” l" lidward

ctl

ted standard by provincial.

City Nearly Doubles Red Cross Objective

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Norman Lowt!1er’s Ch"l‘c>\vri Organization Winds Up Spectacular Two Day Campaign With Whirlwind Finish.

Hzliev ls p iieptured By lied Army

fly EDWARD D. BALL Associated Press Staff Writer

Nine thousand. seven hundred and seventy -i.lu'ea dollars was add- ihe Red Cross collection in aria day--,-.rna.kil13 the total reported a lie per meetings $3'I.305.l3 or Just one hundred and seventy per cent oi

two sup-

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LONDON, lllisrch 3—(r\l’)- The strategic Nazi ccntrul front stronghold of Rzhcv fell to the Russian Army today after a vlolcart struggle in which 2,000 Germans were slain and enor- mous enemy booty was captured. Moscow announced tonight in a spare-inf communique which also told of a Red Army swccp in the south to a point only 45 miles from the Bryanslr- Kiev railway.

The capture of ltzhev. 130 milcs west nnd slightly north of Moscow. accelerated the Russ- ian drive to knock Finland out nf the war and threatened Hitler's entire northern defence

oada leading to occupied Baltic

German lllgh Com- mand admitted the loss of Itzhrv-a German reverse which the- Soviet Army newspa, said llltler himself had ranked as "equal to the loss of half of Berlin."

The Berlin bulletin, broadcast several hours In advance of the Moscow communique. represent- ed the setback at Rzhev as a withdrawal. saying if wag an evacuation “in occorrlnnce with planned movements for short- ening the front.”

city workers

Corps, who campaign

mmcnclntion

Sec-

Minesweeper Launched In N.B.

A NEW BRUNSWICK PORT. March §i—(CP)-—Another wooden mincswceper built at this port was launched today with a minimum of mremony. 'I'he launching was held with only workmen of the company present with the exception of Mrs. . . Vaughan, who christened the ship. and Rev. A.N. Humphrys. who opened the launching ceremony.

Construction of another shlD will let under way immediately.

. ll I —-(OP) — l. O. llclnnaghen. Manitoba Minister 0f health and Public Wel- fare. told the legislature last night that no doctor from rural Manitoba now la accepted for war service wimlt clearing through hie de-

ent. ‘Phi; step was taken, he said are‘: because medical service in rural Illa points had been so drastically re- f Oan- ducad by enlistment of doctors for

providing

the federal la one hour

put New

with

illts service.

lusoM

lhKN/iilil

Hi THE KITCHEN

om no further capital expenditures in wartime.

The policy. Mr. Fielding said. was causing "severe losses" in some sections of the Province, particu- larly ln smaller communities.

Outside the pension; and public utilities measures. the speech fore- shadowed no major legislation. It was read by Hon. H. E. Kendall, making his first appearance as Lieutenant-Governor sclnce hia ap- pointment a. few months ago.

The speech did not indicate how the allowances were to be increas- ed, stating merely it was desirable that under present conditions "ad- ditional financial assistance" should be given. Nor was there rmv detail on the public utilities legislation. the speech saving only it would be “designed to affect a. closer super- vi ‘on and direction" o1 these ser- NIFPF.

Fitiher development of the Gov- erin11c~nt's rural electrification pro- gram was forecast. The speech promised, too. the Government's (‘O-ODCYBHOH in any measures "for the general betterment of working and living conditions among our

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5...... Plans Must Wait For Allied Victory

OTTAWA, March SAGE-Prime Minister Mackenzie King said to- day that the first objective of the United Nations ls to free the world from fear and wont and that. no solution of the question of social se- curitjy can be sought and effective- ly carried out as long as the Axis continues to wage war on free countries. He spoke in the House of Commons on c. motion to estab- lish a house corrunittee to study ways and means of provid social insurance, to “oonstitu a

charter of socisbsecurity for the

was necessary-us s

social effort related to national pur- poses-that there should be a world policy which would maintain

goodand close relations among the ‘

nations.

Gordon Graydon, Progressive Conservative house leader, Stanley Knowles <C.C.F. Winnipeg Nort Centre) and TL. Church Con. Toronto Broadview) also spoke lo the motion.

At the opening of today's sittings, Finance Minister Ilsley gave a breakdown of anticipated expendi- tures under the 03.890.000.000 war appropriation bill for the fiscal year 1943-44. l-lis outline of war financial requirements also cover- ed the proposed $1.000,000.000 lit for the provision of supplies for he

' Edward ritnov.

March 4»—-(Th_ursday)—(CP)-Ten warships and 12 transports m a New Guinea-bound Jap convoy have been sunk or rendered in a sinking condition by Allied planes. the high command announced

today. Fifty-five Jap planes

‘l seeking to afford cover

to the convoihave been shot down. |

The sin at 15.000 mon-

ngs cost the Japs losses estimated

_ Ground forces estimated at 15.000 men des- tined to attack in New Guinea "have been sunk or killed almost to a man." Allied Headquarters said.

A communique term

ed the action a major

disaster to the Japanese in dislocating the en-

emy's campangn. -

All categories or Allied air strength joined in the assault that smashed the convoy, hitting ship after ship with bombs loosed from low attitude.

"Enemy air coverage became weak- er and weaker; his forces more scattered and dis ersed; and finally his remnants, lso ated and bewild- ered, were gradually annihilated by our successive air formations as we sent them into combat." the corn- munizque declared in graphic ac- ooun .

Allied Losses Light

"Our losses were light. one bomb- er and three fighters shot down and a number of others damaged but re- turned to base."

Gen. Douglas MacArthur, Allied commander-ln-chlef in the South Pacific, declared that “a merciful providence must have guarded us in this great victory." l

The communique said that ‘our decisive success cannot fall to have most important results on the en- emy's strategic and tactical plum. His campaign for the time beinl! at . least is completely dislocated."

This was the convoy which h" been sighted Monday advancing from New Britain toward New Guinea, rotected then by 0111 weather hat kept Allied planes from blasting at it for more than a

full dag;

On esdsy Allied aircraft braved the rains and clouds to smash the convoy. which at that time con- sisted or l4 shins. sinking or dam- aging fo

Eight . olumn yesterday afternoon.

nique said. making it. one powerful convoys ever

to bring troops to the land battlefront.

N. March l -(or>-ceot. ‘f9. Wmker of the ouse of Commons since i028. died day ma; a long illness.