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“lllllsll ulclll FIGHTERS scone nrcon success

“War Bird” Gets Wings

Iraq Stops Flow

or on

iBritislz fields

a Fighting with British continues;

T Dep0S€d regent

yum; Turks c201 to Iraq G0v’t.

LONDON, May 4-(AP)—Iraq has stopped the flow of u lln the lust pipeline to the Mediterranean from the little

kingdoms l"ich oil fields, Bri plightinl! _ llgns of ahatlllu.

It is at Haifa, British-mandated Palestine, on the Mediterranean that the British fleet in the Middle East received its chief oil supplies.

While iraq artillery shel llllbbaniyah, tit) miles west

lifillglll

ullraq troops t0 go peaceful or his restoration of an ind

overnment. He issued his proclamation ln Palestine.

Shelling of the airport to n-eombatants, it was stated

g The Royal Air Force at Cairo said many “de by British planes on Iraqi gun positions, mechanized hits and troop concentrations outside I-Iabbaniyall “and any direct hits were obtained on these targets, which ' re bombed continuously throughout the day."

British bombers put at least 22

buy raid on the airdrome at Moaecsr ltasehid near Baghdad.

llriiish authorities announced occupation of the dock area, airport power station at Basra, Iraq's chief port at the head oi tho Persian .11!" drivillll Iraq troops out by air and artillery attacks Friday.

on. llllracc fight at lminion Capital

OTPAWA. May 4—-(CP)—MinlB- 1 oi two provincial governments llillltOllll and Prince Edward Is- l-u xplcssell belief today their , v ces \\'\"l‘(‘ favorably inclined llld co-opernting with the Do- _on il'l calrving out as a war llre provisions of the budget iht down lost Tuesday by l ~= ce Minister Ilsley. lion. S. s. Garson, Manitoba vtnclal ‘Prcasurer. said his 1 1 lace layered working with the '~-- on. lion. Horace wright, President of .‘ 510W Eduard Island Council, *~ his business in Ottawa does ‘u concern the budget but, added llccnllderlt Prince Edward Is. will co-opcrate in carrying fight‘, hlldi-‘vt provisions. I if" A. S. b-lacMillarl of Nova k inns a vlslror ln Ottawa last - and Will return in a few days til? hnw“ i“ PT1Y18 “to some mm)‘ ills" discussions with the , "l1 H) rvfillcct to the budget.

timing Events

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m .,, Kwlztilxa Monday at, peed- .2‘; Rv l0 om. at New awn-hi. llt Charlottetown, plum Phyllis £8.00 per Jomenlflfver 23 lbs. each.

in the three-day-old war in Iraq showed no

day, the deposed Regent of Iraq Emil Abdul llah, ulnounced he was prepared to return to Iraq andcalled

To show-down

From

prepared to re-

tlsh dispatches said tonight

led the British air base at of Baghdad, for the third

ly to their stations and wait ependent Iraq constitutional

day caused casualties among

raids were

Iraqi aircraft out of action in n

when the war with Germany be- gan in 1939 Britain could draw, oil from two MOO-mile pipelines from Irflq-whe branch ending at Haifa, and the other at Tripoli, French. mandated Lebanon.

‘The Tripoli outlet was closed to Britain upon the tall o1 France last June.

_A message from Baghdad tp Vichy, France, said the month-old government of Premier Raschid All Al Gailaniustcppedcnperatlons o! the Haifa branch. Reuters News Agency said‘.

The Iraq government was said to

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Merchant cruiser Presumed lost

IIONDON. May 4--(CP)— The ad. mira-lt issued this communique Satur ayz-

“The board oi admiralty regret to announce that. the armed mer- chant cruiser Voltaire (Actmg Cgp- lain J.A.P. Blackburn, DS.C.. R, N.) is overdue and must be con. sidered lost. NGXt Of kin have been

$5,000 fire at Graham's road Saturday night

In destroyed the barns of w. Cecil Wigmore, Graham's Road. north Queens County community Saturday night. Loss was estimat- ed at $5,000 partially covered by a small insurance. The blaze -was discovered shortly after 10 o'clock by a. neighbor, Ml". Robert Folland. Mr. Wigmore, who is unmarried. was away at the time.

Mr. Folland endeavoured to re- move some of the livestock but all he succeeded in getting out were some sheep. They were bewilder- ed by the fire and some rushed back into their ulsrters to perish Other parts of t e barn, housing four horses and 15 head of cattle were raging infernoes and could not: be approached.

Included in the loss was a gran- ary building near the main barn. In it were more than 400 bushels of oats. All except about 50 bushels which were salvaged yesterday were a. total loss. The grain re- moved from the ruins was expect- ed to be good for feed.

All Mr. Wlgmores farm machin- ery wBs 1n the barn and was de- stroyed.

Origin o! the blaze is unknown. There had been no fire in the dwelling for hours.

Ml". Wigmore was home in the afternoon attending a funeral and returned with a neighbor to complete his routine work around the barns in the eve- ning. Then Mr. Wlgmore went to Charlottetown with a patient for hospital. He did not learn oi the fire until on his way home. l-lis car became bogged down in a mud hole and while he was working to move it an acquaintance passing told him his barns were in ruins.

A piggery near the barn was saved as was the dwelling. A calm night greatly lessened the threat to the other buildings. Neighbors from miles around gathered to as- sist in lighting the flames. From the first. however, there was no chance to save the barn. It was a frame structure "L" shaped and 72 feet: long and 3t) feet wide.

The farm is the old homestead formerly owned by Mr. Wigmores father, Mr. Thomas Wlgmore, who removed to Pleasant Valley about ten years ago.

Latest enemy. Gcmmunique l»

BERLIN. May 4-<AP)—'I'lle Ger- man high command Sunday com- munique said that "in North Africa the German African Corps which advanced into the fortifications of Tobruk threw back repaired coun- ter attacks oi the British, who were supported by tanks.

(The Nazi attacks were brought to a standstill. Cairo said.)

“In the harbor of Tobruk a large freighter received heavy damage from bomb hits.

"In the Mediterranean the Ger- man lultwaife sank a merchant ship of 10,000 tons on Mny 3 in Suds Harbor of Crete and seriously damaged a second large ship."

(This claim has not been con-

informed."

firmed.)

Prominent Newsman

Missing A t

Sea

Sam Robertson London

Canadian Press was returning to England.

liot adverse

0n ll. convoys

wAsllmo-rou. Mar 4-011’)- Administration leaders indicated today that they would not oppose a showdown in the senate on the proposal o1 Senator Charles Tobey (Rep-N. H.) to ut Congress on record against usng the United states navy to convoy shipments to Britain. .

Although ,, nents succeed ‘ in smothering Tobey's resolution in the llbl-elgn Relations Committee last week. Democratic leader Alben Barkley of Kentucky said that ii Nboy offered it as an amendment to other legislation-as the latter has said he would do-no attempt would be made to curtail debate ocular-event the bill coming to a vo .

"it will just come up and we will we it down," Barkley bold repor-

S.

Tobey proposes to offer his re- solution as an amendment to leg- islation which would authorize the President to seine all idle f0N|8il ships in United States waters.

‘Ihlg measu v is to come up in the House oi Representatives to- morrow and s. vcu is expected‘;

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Superintendent of the’

OTTAWA. MRY 4-—(C'P)—Sam Robertson, Canadian Press London Superintendent and War Corree-~ pondent, is listed as mlsslns 88 l“ result or! enemy action while on a sea voyage, accordlns w h‘f1’1<>1l11, word received here from London. Internationally known as c. corres-

ndent and news service execu- lfve, Mr. Robertson had visited

SAM ROBERTSON

Canada on a month's furlough in March and April.

"We are hoping that Mr. Robert- son has been rescued by some ship that has not yet reached land." a government official said tonight. "But so far we have received no word except the announcement mat he was listed as missing."

Mr. Robertson, who was retum-

away from.

~alriicld in front of one of the han-

._voy duty."

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of the young fliers.

gee Wings at Sfiside Training School

The second class of graduates from No. 9 Service Flying Train- ing School at Sumlnerslde receiv- ed their wings at a ceremony Sat- urday. The wings were pinned on the tunics of the graduate filers by Wing Commander E. G. Fuller-

n. officer commanding the school. In an address to the class he

cautioned them not to think they knew all about flying. He said, however. he knew they would make good and stressed the tact 1t was on themselves and on themselves alone that their success depended.

He. heartily congratulated the class on their attainments.

Tire ceremony was hclcl on the

gars.

One graduate was from this Province. He was L. C. Johnston of Fortune Bridge. Others from the biaritinlcs included. H. D. ‘Mac.- ‘Pllcc. Sydney, N. S; M. A. Culnty‘, l-lcbron. N. 5.: D. S. Fisk. Bridge- town. N. S.. K. R hiulrro, Ni ~ Glascou". N. 5.. and E. A. R0... Pictou. N. S.

lliclly reports 26 American Ships at Suez

VICHY. May --(AP)--Dlpl0nla- tic informants who usually are re- liable said Saturday night they had circumstantial reports that 26 United States merchant ships. stacked to the funnels with warl material [or tile British Middle-l Easter-n armies and accomp-"llflfli by American warships, had reach- ed the Suez Chflifl-

The word used by the informants to describe the reported presence, of United states naval vessels was that they were “c0rlvoying" the mrrclmnt ships.

(In Washington, the Navy De-. partnwnt stated immediately upon. receipt of the report: “No United, States ships are employed in con- l

| (Maritime sources said it was quite possible that the nlerellflni ships reported at Suez had 10ft United states shores with '15 lllm. cannon and other material 1n- terlderi for Greece and Yugoslavla., and while it had been understoodl that these vessels were mainly Yugoslav and Greek frelghtcrs. some informed sources Slltlflesii-‘d that American vessel's also might have headed for Suez via the CnPe of Good HOPE-l

Willkie urges Goods to Britain

WASHINGTON. May 4 —(AP)— Wendell L. Willkle, charging that the United States administration's existing sea trol "is not adequate? declared Sa urday that “we have got to get the goods delivered to Great Britain."

"The rate of slnkings is so serious that we should protect ollr cargoes of arms and food to England," the 1940 Republican presidential nom- inee sat in an interview.

It was reported authoritatively that Wiilkie had sent word to Presi- dent Rooscvclt that he would sup- port him in any move the Presl- dent might make to assure the de- livery of American goods to Brit- aln

ing to hi; post in London. had spent I6 months in England directing the , flow of news o! the battle of Bri-

iqlontlnuod on also l. .601 t).

"I am absolutely in favor of de- livering the goods." he said. "whether ll. be by convoy. airplane accompaniment or any other meth- i. 0d deemed best." I

Imllrcsfilvfl Part of the ceremony held at Sulnmerslde Airport on Saturday

. , the 'w1flE§’ l" yvung airmen. Above ls shown Wing Cmllr. E. G. Fullerton pinning the coveted enlhlcm on one

was presentation of

{Beat 01f Latest‘

Axis Assault Cn BesiegeiTobruk

British planes enemy des

__ merchant vessels. Bolcgllc gets Another blasting.

From British

LONDON, Ztlrly ~i—-<(‘.l’)— [loyal Air i~‘il|".c l' glltcrs iolljzllt a series oi sharp rlogiilylrts through Sunday ovcl"_ tllc southeast, ciliiSi alicr a nlgllt in which the R..-\. F.‘s bombers loosed lllc illil fury oi‘ their newest and most powerful ex- plosives on Germany's great in- dustrial centre oi‘ convene-

R.A.F. multl-motllrell craft circled ovcr Cologne and drop- ped a great weight oi high ex- plosives and fre bombs on the industrial quarters tho‘. the Air Minister sold, "must have done immense damage."

Not a British plane was lost. the report said. in all the night's operations.

The sharp dogfighis over the southeast coast tndvy’ w"! sccn bv many observers. it was believer] m Iraqi frnlr nlallcs were shot down. The Nazi H151"- crs finally lied. the watchers slfii, with smoke nouring from the tails of several.

Fighting at times svrs said to have been at less than 500 feet lrnm the roof tops.

No bombs were reported dropped during tire daylight forays.

Tlslatnd quot; in War savings Gertificatcs.

OTTAWA, May 4--(CP) -Sales

of War Savings Certificates in Ap- ril totallcd $l,185.38tl in cash rc- oelpts from 947.87l applications- 1t was announced today at the nation- al headquarters of the war sovlnsfl committee. Anril 30 total $30,440.0'76.

Sales from Jan. i to

Results for April and for 'he

year to date were recorded as fol- lows:-(April per capita Ilgure in brackets)

Prince Edward Island, 323.060 (24 cents), $134,336: Nova Scotia, $342.- 108 (02 cents) $l,50l.568;

85,1 14,404; Ontario,

(73 cents). $2,452,608.

LYONS GETS JUMP

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other baseball season.

New Brunswick $179,992 (40 cents) $816.- 344; Quebec, $1,309,676 (41 cent-s), 83598-120 (96 cents). $14,707,172; Manitoba, $4M.- 200 (82 cents), $2.205.6l6: Saskat- chewan. $316416 <33 cents). $1.652,- 196; Alberta, 0390-850 (50 cents). $1,- 705,982: Britlsh Columbia, $566,260

score hits on troyers and

liy Eric Bigio

Associated Press 5t.l.l'l' Writer

CAIRO, ' 4 --lr'lP) Axis forces still llCAl a slnuil sector" in the WB-rtfifll corner of Tobruks out- er" defences altar their latest tank kibnilili. had been (ll‘ll'l‘ll buck by sir artillery lire Saturday, it allllotuleerl tonight.

Tire middle east command declar- ed l_..:e repulse of tlrls assault has "(lUiililiflLV brought to a standstill" arms l-llnrts to wrest tire encircled D011 lronl its llilpfflill dolcllders.

hiellrlvlrllc illt,‘ nrirlrllc cast ituyal All’ Forte ('4 ~ ‘ lalld nllllollllivefi that British boll s aCOPEtl direct hits

ill‘

LONDON. Iilay ~l—-((JP)-- Britainis night fighters brought down a record total of l3 of the l6 German planes destroy- ed over this island during the week-end. the Air Ministry announced today, following a heavy mill on Liverpool that sllolvcrerl the west coast port. with fire and high explosive bombs causing many casualties and lnuch destruction.

The total of 13 German raid- crs destroys-ll by the It. A. Rs’ night. fighters eclipsed the former record oi’ ll shot down from dusk to dawn, and it was believed that when further re- ports are checked the number may he increased. Two others were brought down by antl- aircruit fire rlml one by a barrage balloon.

The heavy toll 0f raiding planes emphasized to observers that bright moonlight no longer af- fords all advantage to the Ger- mans. Luteiy, as Britain's night- flglrtlrllg forces tins expanded, the periods o!’ llruonllgllt have brought the llCtIVlCSI losses to the raiders.

Employing the some tactics us- ed in repeated and unremitting assaults upon Coventry and Ply- mouth thc Germans attacked Liv- erpool in bit; waves from dusk to dawn.

All plane motors were without interruption.

Saturday night's raid was by far the fiercest. of the three-lrl-ll-row oll the Merscyslde area. Many llorlscs; were demolished and clam- agrld and a llullrbcr of residents were trapped.

Tlrousalrrls upon thousands fire bonlbs were scattered over the fCSlilPlllléll section but were rlcalt with quickly by watchers who braved tlrc sllnlvcr" of explos- ives lo rclnnill at. their posts.

A Liverpool llospiial was hit and the patients were removed to another" l‘. was feared there lvere a nllmlrcl" of casualties among the stat’! rlrlcl mltlerrts.

L "l Lollrlnllrlerrv. Ncul c shill:-

“We have t the full measure of Gcrnlan u " l attacks on tilts country Til(‘_\' may" intensify as

niglrt long tlrc drone of heard almost

speaking at

oil destlvc) 07's and three nlercllant

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STAUNTON. Vn.. l\lii.V 4—-tA‘P)- Prcslclent Roosevelt declared l4 clay that the American pPODIP hacl founllt before and are “over ready to fight again" fol" the existence of “democracy in thr- world."

Spcaklna at. the dedication of Woorlrov," Wit-oil's birthplace as a nlll‘o"lll Shflll“, M". Roosevelt sfilrl ‘hat. the first great war Presirlcnr

lrnrl taucbt “that flt‘ill"\t"l‘ll!‘\' could rant survive- lll isrfutinlr."

“We nplvlaud ills lllclgment and his forh," he added. ‘Pile Presbyterian Manse lvherc

Wi""oll was born was. the President sou‘. “n nclv shrine of freedom ”

Bl" Po cot nt rlcdirntloll. he con- tlnurrl "we are bearing true wit- ness tn the faith that is in u: -a slmnlc faith in the freedom of democracy in the world."

"It is the kind of faith for lyhlch we have fourzllt. before, for the ex_ lstonce or which we are ever ready to Tight. nrlain."

Tile President expressed faith that rlvnlocracy" would emerge triump- ant. from the "tragic conflict which the world witnesses today."

"I111 cf rccorrlcrl histonv," he said. “bears u-llncss that. the human race has nlnrie true advancement Olllv us ll has appreciated gpirilllpl vnllles, 'I‘lln=c llllllllppy peflnlpg Mm have placed their solo reliance on the swozd hove lnovltably perished by the sword lll tho 0nd,

Iarget of 1 Nazi plallcs

.p0i‘llOl1S of the German air force

Aaeaeaifii; "neat? Fight Again, Roosevelt Dacia res

become released from Greece. but I tlrlllk they have reached the peak 0i their effort."

ls Rhodes Scholar

HALIFAX. Mir)’ 4— (CP) —J0hfl

Down I3 Enemy Planes As Nazis Raid Liverpool

Total of 16 German planes Shot out of English skies shows changed “conditions.

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ll. S. University» Head says hour For action here

BOSTON, May 4-—<APl—Prcsl- dent James B. Conant of Plltllill‘ Uluverslly called today 1Ul xii United States to "light now" wit. Britain against the Axis, deciarln "the hour for actloli has clearl struck."

Recently returned from EngutliQ Dr. Conant declared lrl a. natlonv wide broactcastz~

"Our best lrope 0i avoiding late], battle against desperate odds is bcconle a naval belligerent iiolv. is not. too late. But the hour lo action has clearly struck. l bellev the nation is ready w Join the llg‘ for lrecdoln."

Conant said that the belief u! "some intelligent" la-rsons lll Lilo United States that tile lvrlr may‘ be ended by a "negotiated puaCe" wag "llLlklllfy‘ fantastic" to anyone mlrn lately." has been in Britain.

At tire outset 0t his speech, lllQ l-larvard presiclerlr, said he was ex- DlVSblllfl "Olllv lTlV 0WD Dijidlllir vie-his."

lnsulawncc rates. Arc increased

NEW YORK, May -l —-/APl 1 United States marine insuzollco tin- dcr writers lollay rlnllourlccrl rm creases in the rate of lvlrr-rlsl; :21- surance on slllpnrtwlrls from llle United Strltes to the cast. and Jar east by way of the Panama Canal and the Pacific Ocean.

The new increases run lronr 1-2 to 3-4 of 1 per cent of lhe value of the cargo on shipments flying the United States liar and from l 1-2 to 2 per cont. nn drlpzrenl the vessels of other nations l)‘: of the Panama Canal.

The new rates include Nialrcholl- kllO, but exclude Australasia, all po:ts west, of India, western islands ill the South Pacific, French In- (lo-China, Burma and Thailand.