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CANADA. SATURDAY, APRIL 18. 1942

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0f 9 Planes Rescued From Jungle 148M110? Top I

Wrgws

One dead. one lnjured after Forced lfllilllllg

Ten Planes Were . Forced DOW]! While on Flight From U. S, “Trinidad Base To

Brazil.

ram. Trinidad.

PWTFYE. sCable) - United 09'“ 1 = l here disclosed SW" ““th¥“.\§:, killed and an- M" we omit inc mass forced “hfii miyklmlg S. trnininfl plane? ligrrngfilfiggfnelalr swampland area la: i1

“~“F*‘:ll“.;§..“ilclrlf m‘ ‘I s‘ “HWY rm atrick of “i “nd Cpl‘ “We w-zp injured P'°“°“i§“i.§"plr§é\Erosnéri near the vriitililcrff ihc Orinoco River‘. Bitt- we home loan “as not g vcn. '

Their lllilchlllc was comillflrll wrecked, but all‘ llliflé others were

salvaged, and the r‘ crew,» were

brought. back hero yesterday. The gum spflll Onlybc? dayh in the lunglq swamps ore t ev were located by U. ‘S4 army and navy plans from Trinidad.

The l0 runclnnes were on a flight from Trinidad, where the United slates has a defence base. to

Brazil. and new cutting across the eastern neck or Venezuela when they were forced down. While n0 reuon was given offleilaly for the premature cud of ‘the flight. it wvs presumed to have been caused by bad weather.

lhtcept for the two men in the wrecked plane, none of the other fliers were the worse for their ex- perience. All returned heavily bearded after several days without lhsvirig materials. Their first call vuior pencils and paper so they could airmail their folks in the United states ihedctails of their lliventure. They were buck on litlti tonight,

Splizer and Fitzpatrick appar- "ui had become separated from lllenine mnchlnes that made safe llndings. It was announced they Iere found by Ari. Williams an Tgic:ncf)1ri;r' whiolhasl been dper-

merc a m Brmsh Gunma- pane service

Williams landed his seaplane on "W" w nick up rnlzpatrlelr and the body of his superior, apparent, ll’ still aboard their machine after it. crashed lnio the river.

Survived 20 days 0n derelict, dies After accident r“

HALIFAX . April 17 -- (CP) _ gaff! SILC. Nauss. oi Lunenburg, uflorslolrvuerfll 20 days on the dew- dertva Scfliifl schooner Jean P. “Mann, died here today from the r of an immersion in the hnr. waters last nlght i! fell overboard from p, small Maori Dartmouth, a short: d13- m a Sunk the dredge on which he M overblgc hand. Cecil Tanner div. w. Rid to puu Nous to safe-

The §CllC0il0f Jean F Anderson iiiirgilirlilvmnct °“ i‘ "maze from l an‘ f’. _F'1B-. i0 Bermuda last m: 9i W0 hurricanes disabled

The swoud hurricane which alg§knilwicl vessel Oct. l8. carried ,,,.a,,;_"‘-V B" i00d supplies and m m lunk. but the crew stuck ICkCd-c; derelict until s simmer i“, _ hem 11D 20 clays later. l acre landed in Brazil. M

liar-ZS it... r Ago Today

Apillr The Canadian Press)

m, Fili- ifl. i917—'f‘urkl.sh 18th hfnii) ferns defected by British at on“ uat in Mesopotamia. Chav- hefl-li-‘llivv and Osioi captured W ‘he-cl m further advance along Gm 0'51"! 0Y1 the Western Front.

ion Bissing. German gover-

lzium, died.

APRIL w. l9i7-Unlted slates Qlfrxziiflrlent seized docks and piers Nmhl- Hamburg-America and HMkmGcrman Lloyd lines st m“ Miignsaevagesxridhwtegctkoioetlie v Y Salient.

iloming Events

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War Situation Last Night

(By KIRKE L. SIMPSON, Assocluted Press War Analyst) Pierre Luvpl, willing tool of the Nails, comes back into power at

Vichy under

lrcurustsnccs that seem to cast him for n backseat

driver's role unless usd until he can prove his case fo French public

opinion.

The first offlclul outglvlng of the reconstituted Vichy regime com. mftu I dcflnito veto power flu other hands, Admiral Jeun Dal-inn, LavuPs great rival, emerges from the shake-up not only as announced heir-designate to Marshal Potafn us Chlef-of-Siate but also us oom- mandcr-in-chlef of French fighting forces. Tho French fleet, army

and ulr force will take its orders from him. I I I ‘

o

There can be little doubt thuf whoever conceived the procedure at Vichy did so with an oyo on Washington. Grave four ls re- flected that. drastic American notion might follow if France became

u complete Nazi puppet.

The extent to which Washington-Vichy tension has been cased is only oonjccturablc. Durlun’: formal promotion as successor desig- nate to supremo power, booked by his control of the army, navy, and ufr force. males him for tho moment at least a more important figure than Laval In American sud British eyes.

I I I I 1i I

Hostile as he has been toward

not to yield to the Axis. He proclaimed that by

Britain, Dorian stands committed radio broadcast fol-

lowing his elevation to the vice premiership lust May in succession to Laval, ousted by Pctain. Al. the time ho was explaining his own conversations of that date with Hitler. The German leader had not asked him “to hand over our fleet" Dar-Ian then said, adding:- Everyone knows-and the English better than anyone-that I will

ucver hand it over." I I

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Assuming that Dorian is of the some mind now-and there ll every argument of personal political ambition to urge his retention of the fleet in his own control and under his own selected crews and commanders-ifs surrender to Germany ut an early date acorns wholly improbable. That fleet. is the AdmiraPs political anchor to windward.

Without it he would fade from the to be u factor in the war.

BULL

political scene in Vichy and ceuo

ETIN

— SAN FRANCISCQ. April l'l—-(AP)-—A Tokyo rudlo announced tonight "enemy bombers" attacked Tokyo, u CBS listening station

here reported. -

The Tokyo broadcast sold:-

" bombers sppoured over Tokyo for the first time In the current war, inflicting damage on schools and hospitals. The raid occurred shortly past noon on Saturday (Tokyo time). "invading planes failed to ouulo any dllflllc on military WWI" lishments, although ousuultlos in schools and hospitals are as

yet unknown.

"This inhuman attack ‘on these cultural establishments and on residential districts ll cuullnl Wlflfllifflii llldilnilllilll llflilfll

1h; populace".

News Briefs

OTTAWA. April 17 —(UP)- The wartime prices and trade board announced tonight on be- half of A. Nell McLean, fish

roduots administrator. that ul- hough fresh salmon is u sen- ponul roduct and sup lies of it vary rom time to mo. o price will not be allowed to in- crease over that of 1041.

MELBOURNE. April i7 -(AP) - Royol Australian air force fighter planes met a squadron of i0 Ju - anese raiders over Port Morcs today and landed unscathed to report destruction or damn! i0 It least four of the enemy.

LONDON. April i7—(Cl') ~A usually reliable source said today unconfirmed reports hull been received that so highly view! Italians had been disciplined or rebuked by Mussolini I ‘s for attempting u movement f0!‘ a separate Italian peace with Britain.

LONDON. April i7 —(CP> —'I‘lle Red army vras driving ahead against fierce German resistance tonight and capturing "one great fortress after another" in the area of Demi- dov, 40 miles northwest of Smol- ensk, the Moscow radio reported-

ormws, April 11 -(0l')- More than 7.500 Canadian bo will spend one weak with t 0 Royal Canadian Air Force this surumor, ' " _ In tho work of ulr stations and taking com- prehensive courses, it wu ro- voaled today. prssldon:

George B. Foster, of tho Afr Cadet. League o Csnudo nld summer training camps ior ulr cadets and their officers and instructors will be established in ull four B. C. A. l‘. training commands.

NEW YORK. April l7 -(CP) — Gen. Charles Do Gsuile, leader of the Pres French forces, will speak to tho United States from London a 4:25 m. A.D.T. Saturday. He will spea in French and will be follond by on msllsh trsnslotlo .

LONDON, Aprll fl —(!utur- la b-‘CH- Dally Mail dis- h o Punch frontier

m!” said powerful friends of Marshal In“: luvs or“! him to be road fly to oroooo and establish s fovcrulllcnl trim when ho wood be mo from German pronoun.

LOONDON, (OP) - A Special chart indicating the weather to be ox ml iu my rt. of the North At antic has boo compiled bi tbs Navigators’ and Engineer Of can’ Union for distribution umonglnuocm- goérgshwho may be cast adrift lifc-

Air training Plan to have. World aspect

International Air Con- ference To Be Held At Ottawa Next Month.

B C. R. Blackburn Cunudlyun Press Staff Wriior

WASHINGTON. April 1'7 —(CPl

- Canada's Cqnmonwealth Air_

Training plan as a vital factor in the Allied war effort ls to take on an important world aspect by of- fering its co-ordinatlon to the "United states and other United Nations countries," Prime Minister Mackenzie King said here today.

He was commenting on the an- nouncement from the White House grat, at Mr. King's invitation. an international air conference would be held in Ottawa early in May.

At this conference all the British Commonwealth countries now ‘lep- resentod in the two-year-old air training scheme, the United Slates and other countries carrying on uir training on the American continent will discuss a co-ordinstcd air training program covering tho next tw srs.

This? would mean that Chins. with an air school iu the United states. and Norway, which has s. training school in ,Tor0ni0. Wbilld join with the United states and Bri ish countries ut the conference.

e proposal was decided unon bv the Prime Mihlsinr with the British Government before he broushii it to President Roosevelt, Mr. King

s d.

This will not mean that the huge Oom-monwesltht Air ‘Ikoininl scheme located in Canada in De- cember 1939 under a three-yes.- u- greement would lose its identlt?

But its activities will be co-or- dinated with American and other

(Continued on pile ll. Col 8) Nazis To Try Former

Premier _(_)_f_ Holland

IDNDON. April ‘Fr-(om- 2r- Diri: Do Gear. Premier of i-o Netherlands at the limo of rho German invasion. will be PM“ °" trial tho German occupfliim pump?‘ 9| 1:“ ncliurgLNthe lfllh GWI 11C!» - ' r ‘ godsyjuooordfn “the Netherlands

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D0 0col- will be char with malts-outing Nolhorlnrns ‘wad! in

May‘ 1mm m, n... ---- n’ chq inva- sion, and with “morphism” June". said Arms.

Expect Britons To continue Smokes, drinks

Florists Told To Grow Tomatoe In Green- houses.

By Edward Robinson Associated Press Staff Writer

LONDON. April l7—(A.P>-Stut- isticians figured today Britain's new war budget would add about l5 shillings a week to the amount the average couple ordinarily spends on smokes, drinks and en- icrtaixlment.

That money, some economists be- lieved. must come from the shril- ings and pence that otherwise would have been earmarked for war savings. For they feel the public will continue to indulge in the luxuries of cigarets. beer and spirits despite the heavy taxes.

Britons generail remained indif- ferent to the soaring ccsts of mod- em war. The tax increasesbcthered producers more than consumers.

The stock market's reaction to the budget. ranged from indiffer- ence to actual improvement in two sections hardest nth-breweries and tobacco imms. Apparently investors believed consumption of their pro- ducts would be maintained.

Rationing oi coal, gas and elec- tricity on 9, "points" system and the issue of ration cards no con- sumers ls reported being consider- ed by the government. Under the plan as outlined, cards will be "cushable" for fuel and energy needed.

Consumers soon will find the prices 0f most household goods under government control. The central price regulation ccmmitteo now i; drafting schemes to cover

china. linen blankets, furniture and hardware. There has ‘been considerable criticism of these

items by cc-mplwnanls who say prices have been doubled and qual- ity halved, generally speaking.

Flower gardens have been ord- ered to use three fourths of their glassed-in acreage fcr tomatoes and are expected to produce at a rate of two-thirds pro-war con- surrn tion. That would about, equal toia imports.

In i939 Britain grow about 700 acres of onions, last year around 11,000 acres, and there will be still more this ear. Befcne the war, 95

er cont o the onions used were

ported.

Potato acreage is estimated at 75 par cent more than the 700.000 acres planted in 1938. pea produc- tion is expected to rise t0 100,000 acres from 30.000, and green cFODS will be up 3O per cent.

MayrcolMol 0anada’s entire Beef output

ornwa. April PPM’)- Control of Czmndas cni-irfl bggf output. my be the sol!!- tioh of the be shoriulf- 11°“ threatening Canadian b01150" wives. Wartime Prices and Trad; Board officials said 1.0-

d . lguchhconaoll gout: c0170; ii w a c s ou 5° tninunlteo sum and what would remain ln (ranada to su ply the domestic market- onuld Gordon, chairman of the board, srlcl he has made B recommendation to tho I0" ernment for dealing with the resent hoof situation, but llIl- ill tho government acted. sold, be was not in a position to comment on the nufure of poul . hlsllzgrfs csomln In from all purl: of the ooun show thli the beef sllurlllon‘: in a state of‘ chaos." he s! - made s recommendation to ‘the government to dull will! l

Simplify drill In ilanailian lirmy

OTTAWA, April l7 -(CP)- Simplified mun-hing and arms drill for the Canadian army wuu announced tonight by the grmy branch of the uutlouul do- QIGQ flllllmfll ll I Illflllll of ting training of man for military service.

Tho announcement sold lbs pus-fool execution of relatively cw movements is aimed ti. ntbn than that offlocru uml men should louu the wholc maul In the abort time u-

h but drill poorly. BBITIII VIBSIL TOBPEOID WASHINGTON April i7 —(AP) 4m; United Stolen navy announc- ed today that u osmium-sized Bri ish merchant vessel hud been for- podood iu the Atlantic off the Woof.

ndlea. Survivors have been landed stspflrtoutbomllfoflfexloo.

T

May Be General

Lax-curs. A. o. r.. MCNAUGHTON

(above) whose elevation to the rank °f 71111 ileneral is considered s cm- tainty now that his command over. “B5 15 b91118 raised from the status 91' 9J1 Emil‘ WTPS to an arm]. If the Promotion is made he will be the first Canadian soldier to hold “l9 ""1! 0f 891191111 while com- manding a Canadian force in the ieid. y four Canadians have held the rank of full generaL rec. Ords show.

International

At A Glance

WESTERN FRONT - It. A, I‘, 8WD! IIP lPTlIlx offensive. ranging over Franco, Holland, Germany,

UNITED STATES- Washln n calls ambassador homo from Vohy for consult irons.

PHILLIPINES-U. S- announces more than 65.000 troops and civil- ltggg. were captured by Japg on m.

BURMA-British destroy oll fields as Japs advance.

RUSSIA-Red troops ward toward Smolensk, on Leningrad (rung

CANADA — United Nations air training conference summongd for May in Ottawa.

N.S., Ontario Plan Aid To Medical Men

TORONTO, April l7 —fCPi _1n_ formed that the Nova scotln gov- ernment is considering llfflplllpr the fourth and fifth year students in medicine and engineering finan- cially m order to speed up their courses, Dr. EAS. Ryerson, assistant dean 0i medicine at the university of Toronto. said today he under- stood consideration is being given the subject in Ontario.

"The fourth and fifth year stu- dents of course will enlist and re- ceive their pav in the army." he said. "But a scheme is under way by the department of labor to give scholarships to the junior years in medicine who would in pro-war years have worked in the summer months for their tuition and living expenses to continue their courses in the speed-up plan."

British blast 6,000 oil wells In West Burma

By H. R. Stimson Associated Press Stuff Writer

NEW DELHI. India. April l7- (AP)— British suppers burned an blasted 5,000 West Burma. oil wells tpdgy while g gallant battalion 0i’ tho King's Own Yorkshire Light In-

bezlt for-- drive llurd

fant fought yet. another su rb delaying action against the ap-

uness until the wells were ablaze.

en the vastly outnumbered Yorkshlremsn withdrew and re- oincd the main British forces \f-

r inflicting severe casualties.

A communique placed the position "north of MBRWB." indlcatinf i110

Jackson Bodds Re-elected to Head Red Gross

OTTAWA, April l'l—(CPl —Jack- son Dodds of Montreal was re-eiecr- ed chairman of the central council of the Canadian Red Cross today st. the concluding session of the annual meeting held during the past two days.

Justice P. H. Gordon of Regina was rte-appointed executive commit- tee chairman.

Other officers of the society were elected as follows; President. Earl of Athlorle; Honorary Vice-Presl- dents, Prime Minister Zvfrukenzi: King; Conservative House Lender Hanson and M. J. Coldwcii, acting C.C.F. House leader.

Vice-Presidents. Lady Drunnnond, Montreal, sir Robert. Falconer Tor- onto. Vice-chairman, cent-rel coun- cil. H. W. Manning. Winniucg: vice-chairman, executive cornmrtice. Mrs. H. P. Plumpire, Toronto.

Members oi central council at large include; Dr. W.J.P. MacMil ion. Charlottetown: H. C. Murphy and R. J. Rankin, Halifax: Miss Frances Stetson and Mrs L. P. Tiliey, saint Jclrn, N. B.

Provincial representatives appoint- ed to the central council fo: 1942 include:

New Brunswick: Dr. L. DeV. Chipmun. Saint John, and Capt. R. V. Bennett. Sackvlile.

Nova Sootia: William Mct. Orr. and Mrs. J. A. Hanway. Halifax.

Prince Edward Island: George J. Tweedy and Mrs. E. A. Foster. Charlottetown.

Members of the executive oom- mittee include: Dr. Chlpman, and Mrs. ’I‘ille'y, Saint John, N.B.; Mr. Murphy and Mr. Orr. Halifax; Dr. MacMiilan, Charlottetown.

Farm Implement Company to aid Salvage drive

OTTAWA, April i7-—(CP)—War Services Minister Tlwrson announ- ced tonight he has given formal approval to an offer by Inter- national Harvester Co, of Canada Ltd. involving use of the com- pany‘s 3.000 dealers and advert-ls- lng facilities for promotion of farm salvage across Canada. .

The plan. drawn up by salvage director William Knlghtley in co- operation with company officials. provides for establishment of col- lection points in localities where there are no scrap dealers. Farm- ers will be given receipts for pound-age delivered, receiving cash sums for the receipts after the salvage has been sold.

The announcement said “agents will urge farmers to donate the (salvage) proceeds to war chari- ties.’

"When dealers make deliveries of equipment to farmers. the deal- ers’ truck will be used to bring scrap in to collection point," Mr. Thorson said.

The plan was presented to Mr. Thorson today by W. O. Maxwell. H. C. Ray and A. W. Wright. com- parry representatives. Mr. Ray said in the United states where. the plan has been operating since February. an estimated 500.000 tons of steel and iron scrap had already been collected.

NO SESSION PLEBISCITE DAY

OTTAWA, April 17—(CP)-Primr~ Minister Mackenzie King will move in the House of Commons nex. Monday that the House adjourn from the following Thursday until Tuesday, April 28, meaning thnl the House will not sit on plebiscite day April 27, it was learned to- night.

Russians

fighting men were even now amid Written for the Canadian Press n

the ru ed wells.

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The communique said the York- shire force "distinguished itself in this gallant action with grout de- termination and bravery and suf-

ferod VII’! little 10M."

Destruction of tho Yunsngyuung wells cut oif m important source of oil for Chins. Burma's oil ro- duction in 104i was 7,700,000 ar-

roll.

The British command announc- ed that the situation was grave, with their forces depllebed ttvgo

n3. an e Japanese newly re nfolced to s io-

monthl of hard fi h

tsl of about 75.000 men. it:

a the right. flank of the oxpoditionlry force.

Brit actors: further ut still were Sh!!!» lng . nous

Magwe is tho southern gatewsyyio the field cen- trinbgharcund Yenangysung, 20 miles

By MAJn-GEN. SIR, CHARLES GWYNN

LONDON. April I7—(CP Cable) -Whut has been achieved recent- ly b Russian offensive operations or gel-man counter-attacks still l; uncertain, but it is clear that the Russian attacks have been maintained with great vigor des- pite the state of the ground, Pro- bably they have been chiefly local operations on restricted fronts.

The Germans have been com- pelled to expend reserves but per- manent. communications wlth Len- ingrad have not yet been opened by the Russians and the German 16th armv st Starays Russo hrlds out despite heavy fighting.

Pressure on both the northern and southern side of the Vysnna Salient his been maintained and,