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., Unit somewhere in Greet Britain.

The inientness of the students

lpromisee well for the Canadian Corps’ new crop of officers. ‘At right the V. C. lieutenant-cob ncl in command of the Cun-

arlian officers’ school discusses

a phase of practical outdo

work with two cadets who wear dark masks and gloves in addition to the camouflage on their "tin-hats". Lower left is not a double-exposure but an action shot of

three officer-cadets jumping across a smoke-filled trench assault practice with the latest weapons.

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Arrive In

Canadians

Britain

Were accompanied on voyage overseas by Commander Lt. - Gen. A. G. L. McNaughton; Had uneventful voyage.

Stubborn Nazi Counter-attacks Are crushed.

MOSCOW. Mnrch 20 — (AP) - Stubbnrn German coun-‘cr-nttncks lo mgnin the initiative on tre Kal- lnin front northwest of Moscow were reported cru=hcd tonight in front-line disprltrl-rs which raid the Nazis were in complete-rout nficr a five-day brittle.

The attacks probably were aimed It relieving the trupy-wl G l‘ll‘i‘.ll 16th army at Staraya Rum. which the Russians have been reducing for a month. The Germans attempted lo cut off a. wedrze of the mil or. gfieéiut the dispatches said this

TBnk-Illbmrled Russian infantry hi" ‘flogged through the mud on the lscui cm front to capture 10 vil- Mrs in recent days. while in other golfers of the bleak bottle. zone vhe med army was reported continuing

relentless war of attrition.

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By ALAN RANDAL Canadian Press stall Writer

A pleural-l Porn; March 29- (OP Uflbi€)-——'li'i0llSlll'idS o1 young Canadian servicemen, new blood for the overseas fighting forces of the Dominion, have arrived safely in Brllain.

‘lilo men came with their com- mander, Lt-uen. A.U.L. McNaugh- ton Wilo returned from a trip to Us- nndn and the United Slates. and Mrs. McNaughton. ‘lhe movement. was carried out so smoothly under the watchful eye of the navy that it. appealed almost routine.

From Nearly All Services

all ana-

The men were from near army services and the Royal dlan Air Force.

_'1'he arrivals includg nged men

light nursing sisters III included in the group. and at these five were Marltirnera, Nursing Sisters M. A. Smith and J. I. Buyworth of Mono- ton, N. B. M. B. llawkea- worth of blgby. .1v.s,.e. M_

Murray of New Glasgow, N. B.

and K. I. Maoheod of Kfnroas, _ _P. E. _l. of armored formations. engineers. arttilcrymcn, army service corps Chaplain service, medical cor an

infantry. ‘They landed in lteln flt and ea r to loin their units after a. s ft but uneventful voyage.

For the men the trip was a suc- cession of days of routine fat and g

passeng r and sna gtltthe cgmmand 1.3553 officer of his

Nqrlils commander's boat was lucky

o.}..;'.;§;.| ? Britain’s plan For India

NEW DEL-HI. March 30—(OP)— sir Stafford Crlpps, Britain's In- man freedom emissary, said todsv that the British war cabinet pro- poses to create "s new Indian union which shall constitute a Dominion, associated with the United Kingdom and other Do- minions by a common allegiance to the Crown."

Divulging the complete outline of the proposals on which he has been engaged in conferences with Indian lenders for u week. Sir Stafford told a press conference that the plan envisaged India as equal to Britain and the Domin- lons "in every respect. in no way subordinate in any aspect of its domestic and external affairs."

The plan. as released by Sir Stafford shirlr—

“His Majesty's Government therefore make the following de- claratlonz-

“A. Inlmcdia-tely tion of hostilities steps will be taken to sot up in India in the nnnncr d-scribed hereinafter an elected body charged with the task of forming a new constitu- tion for India.

"B. Provision sllnll be made as set out below fer the participa- tlon of Indhm states in the con- stitution-maklng body."

Any province of British India not prelmred to accept the new constitution could retain its pre- sent constitutional status, ai- though it could accede later if it so decided,

Fliliill 0655i!-

Tile non-acceding provinces, should they desire, could agree upon a new constitution giving

them the some full status as the Indian Union.

liing George g Reminds people Are nearer top

LONDON. March 29 — tCPl-Jfhe King told his people in u broadcast last. night-on the eve of an empire Dav 01‘ Prayeruthat "there can be no peace until the wicked forces that have wrecked the world are cast. down and utterly destroyed." he said.

There were “moments. no doub. when some of us may not feel as fresh as we were 2.1-2 years ago when we started at the bottom of the hill.’ "But don't forget we are also nearer the top-

“United in close comradeship with our brothers and sisters overseas

h our mighty and valiant Allies. we shall go forward together undeunred and unwearied until our task is accomplished.

"In our prayers, let

ty God for bringing us thus far safety through so msny d rs and let us ask him to give us hat spiritual strength which great causes deserve and with which the conquered survive."

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UITAWA, March D—(@)—The dn-lry Products Board nomoed

an Saturday that Canadian manufac- 4.

turers of ice cream and sherbet will be restricted effective in April to a monthly output no greater than production in the corresponding month of 194i.

KIIKI L SDIPSON,

(B! Whatever their ultimate fate,

seas, the one British and the other American manned,

Associated Press War Analyst) two tiny island buttons in far are proving

sharp thorns in the conquest pathway of the Axig mam,

They are Malta, dominating the Mediterranean

waistline al-

though within hardly a stone's throw cf the Italian shores, and Cor- rogldor, even more effectively denying Japan the use of Manila Buy, guarding the flank of the American-Filipino army on Bataan-defin-

itely dllrlpflflg Tokyo's schedule, O I

Aa to Malta's role there can be no question. It has been per- sistently bombed night and day month alter month at close range. Yet Axis boasts of bomb hits on British warships there sufficiently confirm continued Brtlish use of Vaietta harbor as a sea base within

less than (i0 miles of Italy.

The Brltlsh command on Malta estimates that its defence haa cost the Axis 50 planes downed during this month 0f March alone.

That the sea floor about the island is strewn with the

wreckage of

many. many times that number of enemy aircraft and the bodies of

their crews goee without saying.

The battle of tlnuoaa since Italy entered the war. I O

Malta has been con-

The men of Corregldofs batterlea likewise have scored heavily against otherwise unchallenged Japanese airpower. The vital role of the fortress and its flanking forts in the defence of Baton that has thrilled the allied world is ineontestubla.

A new Japanese commander, fresh from his victory at Singapore, was rushed to Lucon. It is his mission to erase the blot on Japanese army prestige that the names of Corregider and Baton represent.

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Corregldor and ita batteries still stand in his way. ills first move is to renew the air assault on that fortress ln recognition of the fact that while Corregldor holds out with flaming guns. his hopes of re- storing Japanese prestige except at prohibitive cost remain meagre.

Malta and Corregldor are again demonstrating the lesson so bit- terly brought home to Britain by the escape of the Nazi battlecraft

Gneisenau, Scharnhorat and Prinz

Eugen from Brest. High-altitude

bombing against small targets is a hlt-or-miss affair. The attackers must. swoop low within the range of anti-aircraft fire to be sure of a

hit and invariably they pay heavily

for that.

Scores Attitude“ Of Governmen

Opposition Leader protests failure to expend health. appropriation.

Following Premier Campbell 1n the Budget debate in the Legisla- ture on Saturday. Hon. Dr. W. P. MacMlllan, leader of the Op- position, got away to s brilliant star]; in his speech reviewing the Provinces financial situation.

The Budget speech, Dr_ Mac- Millan said, had the merit at least of brevit-y. "1 could not help but smile when ti-e Prrmler said that. budget speeches at best are so dull and mcnotrncils that very little attention is paid to them new. I grant you that. i5 what has hirppfllPd in this Legklature since the inception of my hon. friend's government in 1935. Up to that time the delivery of the Budget

speech was an occasion. Instead of.

a budget speech being delivered as it is luere this mcnm-g to an in-

tcrestcd audience of six, (I think m

it was) who attended most of the budget speech, I can remember in days past-Aime regime of my hon_ friend's predecessor the late l-lon, Walter herb-the days of Premier 5&llIld€I‘S—i~1le dn-ys of the late lion. J. D. Stewart-the days when I was Premier myself-when budg- et speeches were dcliveled, it was almost impcssibe to get into this room. We had to have policemen standing here lo make passages for any people who w~nterl l0 move- so much intcrrst was shown in the blldflet speech tfiose days.

"But since my hon. friend has had the ministry of this province veer afler year interest has drop- ped un-til finally it is now at. zero. It is his own budget speeches that he should have had said are so dull and uninteresting."

Premier Campbell: "I will accept the amendment."

The Budget

"We will be in a beltrr position to Judge in a year's time," ccvtln- ued Dr. MacMllicn. “as to how this budget turns out. I-f he is able to improve the financial condition of this province es he proposes doing. it would only be en act‘ of justice that the government that is re- Korlsible for half our public debt

culd at least. make some at-

wlll turn out comet. "I will refer specifically to some Qnree. The first condderation of

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Representations Re Potatoes,

OITAWA,_ March 29 — (C P) _ Foods Administrator Gordon Tog- cert of the wartime Prices and Trude Board said Saturday that consideration would be given re- presentations of Prince Edward. IsL and and New Brunswick delegations urging the ceiling price on potatoes be lift/ed.

By an order m d ff 1' March the potato aoellirleg eff/tube eta]: bllshed on the basis of prices pre- vailing in the period from Feb. 2 to Feb 9. The order setting the ceiling wastaken after evidences of sppc- ulatlve buying in the potato market had been seen.

The Prince Edward Island. de- legation was hendcd by Hon. Horace Wright. president of the Island's ex- cputivf goulncill. A. C- 'I‘a_vlor_ m.» v no a r t. ‘ Mi ' - for New msm spoke

The delegates said that potato prices had been low for years and now that they had improved some- what growers should be perlnlttled to recoup some of their past losses.

Chinese withdraw At Toungoo

CHUNGKING, March 29-459) -Japanese troops, heavily m“- forced, have forced a Chinese withdrawal at 'I‘oungoo to p951- tlons along the railway running north to Mandalay, it was an. bounced tonight in a communi- qu from the Burma front.

“Chinese forces, however, n- malned in control of the ensure section of the city, with ms Jgp- anese in control of section," the communique added,

income Tax Receipts

Reach New Hugh Level OTTAWA, March 29 — (C?) - Whilo laggurd income tax Plyflrl were over the week- end to get 1n bef the Tfiiesd deadline 0f- flciais of lnmme tax branch

were counting the heaviest fiscal

7'“ New“ ‘mm m“ '°"'°° l" but attended other treinln

Canada's history.

U]! to today it was estimated that income tax and national defence tax collections for

the calender 19st I941 had sched'8flfl0.000.000 It will be hi year

re .

he the tim the fiscal Tuesdeyomid- mat and the Canadians who pro- vl moat of the tax money will

have aid all or a l t f their ii-icoms and netibgaipddferuee

Beaverhroolc Warns morale Prime need

Calls Soviet Battlefront Moat Critical In His- tory Of Civilization.

MIAlb/[I BEACH, Flo", March 29- Lord Beaverbrook. in the United States to speed lend-lease aid w the Alllies, tonight told e Cana- dian radio audience the “hopes of humanity" are centred on the Russian front old urged determin- ation as a prime factor in the campaign for victory.

The British lend-lease oo-ordin- ator in s. broadcast to Canada asked that all possible supplies be sent to Russia where there is the “most critical battlefront in the history of civilization." and said Prime Minister Churchill, Presl- dent Roosevelt and Prime Minister Mackenzie King were aware of the

freed.

He celled for determination be- cause "the spirit of man deter- mines victory on the day of battle."

"We may build airplanes end ships in great numbers," he sold. "we may mass tanks and guns. . but unless we have resolute, de- termined, brave citizens to handle the tanks and guns, taught to man the ships, then we cannot be blessed, we cannot be the peace- makers, we cannot inherit the earth."

Singapore, he declared, was not

loot. to superior c ulpment. “On the

contrary, the we :3!“ of munitions was on our side." Crete was taken "by surprise, by decoy and by swift movement."

"There is g danger in set all our faith in great dill-flit!“ of equipment," Lord Beaverbrook declared. "Unbreakable morale i6 the first necessity. It» is the eb- solute condlthlon of triumph in war. 'It is the fixed star of vic- w .

“We recognize the Opportunity presented by the epic battle of the Russians," Lord Beaverbmok said in a. broadcast to Canada.

'“If the Russian armies were

scattered beyond the Urals, all our hopes would be scattered tut). Nazi Germany would posses: the slnlws to fight a war that would be long indeed. and ravenous Japan would set new and distant horfimns."

News Briefs

LONDON. March 29 —(CP)— The London Star's Sydney cor- respondent sald Saturday that United States submarines the Pacific had sunk five Jap- anese destroyers. B" “"11" carrier, and about 30 transports and supply ships in the last two or three weeks.

OTTAWA. March H -(CP) Foods adminstrelolj Gordon Tpzgflrt of the wartime prices and flail" board said Saturday "we cant ses- onything in the cattle marketing situation" to indicate u shortage oi meat, is imminent in Canada.

WASHINGTON. March 29 - (AP)— The war department is- sued its first casually list to- night under the INBW_ 80'1"?" mental war news policy, dis- clnsin that army casualties in the earl Harbor attack Dec.‘ 7. numbered 2Z6 killed and 396 wounded.

WASHINGTON, Mann 29 -—(APl -American-Flliplno forces have hurled back a new Japanese attack on the Bataan peninsula front with "heavy losses" to the enemy, the United States war department an- nounced today, while artillery fire from the island fortresses smashed a concentration of small boats off Patungan Beach.

llnion Road Pilot Missing overseas

Sgt. Pilot George Kenneth Mac- Rae, son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred T. MacRae of Union Road. PEI, was listed as "missing after nir opera- tions overseas" in on official cas- ualty list issued by the Royal Ca- nadian Air Force. Word to that effect was received by his parents also but no particulars were con- tained in the memage.

. MacRae is 21 years of age and joined up with t e Royal Ca- nadian Air Force in December i940. At first he was stationed i Toronto Whites before going‘ overseas last fall. He arrived n i. e British Isles on Nov.

1941.

Another brother, Lieutenant An- drew Mecilae. is stationed wit-h military unit in the Marittmes,

LONDON —(CP) ke t its wartime football record a- re nst Oxford intact by winning the annual university game 3-1. It was Cambridge’; fourth victory.

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a Mach Eafinage Is Believed Caused

By Daring Raid

Recalls famous raid on Zeebrugge Mole during first Great W ar; Attack threw Nazis into panic.

(By Drew Middleton, Associated Press Staff Writer)

LONDON, Mart-h 29—(AP)—The British Commandos.

sailors and

airmen who raided St. Nazaire Saturday returned home to a heroes wel- come today amid acclaim that their dock-shattering attack was the most brilliant and daring British mphlbious operation since the fam- out First Great War raid on the Zeebrugge mole in Belglum_ Even as they returned the R. A. F. was busy again across the channel. Informed quarters said there was probably u large percentage of casualties and prisoners, but nevertheless they pronounced the raid a great success. British communlqueo—there was a. new one tonight-

certainly treated it as such.

The strength of the invasion force was not disclosed, the sun- day communique merely saying the raid was "carried out by light forces of the Royal Navy, special service troops and aircraft of the R_ A. 1"."

Vichy assertions-not carried by either The Canadian Press or The Associated Press that Canadian paraohutists took part in the raid were denied late tonight by mili- tary officials in London.

These officials. who herd been reluctant previously to provide a definite answer to what they termed "Axis kite flying", declar- ed nfter eye-witness accounts told of daring operations by English. Scottish and Welsh Commandos that rumors Canadians participat- ed “cen be officially denied."

Reports that parachute troops were used also were denied, al- though s. Reuters correspondent who accompanied the seaborne force said it. was understandable that the enemy should have "every reason to believe that what had hit him with such amazing swift- ness could only have come from zhe sky."

((l.n Ottawa s. Canadian senior army officer expressed the view the Vichy reports constituted a German feeler for information.

(It was recalled, incidentally. that the first Canadian contingent of the First Great War landed at st. Nazoire early in 1915).

The explosion of the former Un- lted States destroyer Campbel- tcwn, fitted out aa a time-bomb with five tons of emlosives, was sufficiently heavy to "wreck the docks and kill anyone within 100 yards." an informed source said.

Before the ship blew up--lt had been rammed into the main te of’ the dock-Commando soldiers, their faces blackened even to their teeth to help hide them in the pro-dawn darkness. swarmed ashore from the destroyer to blow up the pumping station and the lock operating gear.

Meanwhile a motor torpedo boat slipped through s. curtain of fire irom German coast guns and fired two delayed-action torpedoes at the U-boat basin, which is believ- ed to have been the base for sub- marines which in the last few months have ranged as far west as the United States coast t0 ettlwK shipping there. _

The story as told ln honighif communique left. little) doubt that the main clock of this key Ger- ,m1p-hclri French port had been b-own to bits.