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CHARLOTTBIPOVIVN, ‘CANABA, WEDNBSDAY, MARCH 31, 1943

ARMY ClfPTUREg GABES AND EL HAMMAA

iazis Open Furious Assault In Upper Donets Invasion Plans t I I

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A tire English South, East Coast eserved For Military Use.

ny l. C. Daniel, Associated Prom Ital! Writes

| 0N, March l0—(Ai')—Extensive preparations for the pro- Altlcd invasion of BIIWW were tI-klng shape todsy in en ol-

qringbssrd belt restricted alter April 1 to military operations all

mum's sollth and east cosstllne nnti inland to a depth of 10 miles,

rbert M ‘ f “ - - strip in u s base for offensive

Bolus Secretary and Minister of Home Security, in the House of Commons that authorities hid taken an 5p-

" of the '

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“use of this and said that beginning

I would become s restricted srea.

, I ti Iiauled Enfeebloil

NDON. March 80-10! p) - Marshal Hummers r divisions have been “re- hly msnled and enfeeb- " Prime Minister Church- ssld today In the House of in a report on the - of fighting in Tunis-

e described the rout of the forces frflnt the Mnreth - u another seven detest bv army

tor-ego they have so

nude b r d trooaediiy Ll- Bernsrd yberg. Bl llam- was occupied by the 8th - last night and Gabes to-

" - le he said there wss ree- to be satisfied with the of the Tunisian offen- r. Churchill warned "lny under-rating sf talk which lies before the le group of allied armies air forces In Tunisia."

p. llouso Rejects I Tax Plan

HINGTON, March 30-

—'l'he House of Representa-

wdly reieeied the Ruml Plan,

- 108, with Democratic repre- 0o

fives ring their first I victory Q5114 Bth . then sdetrschsd all pay .. legislation, incl pro- . for s OO-psr cent wi old- ' In wages and salaries. fllmnt tax payment propos- t back to the ways end 1- committee whose chairman, ntstlve rt Don hion said he did not up! I e y-ss- u-gc - “ever wiiipctvnrc uyp sgsing ~ smayed, however. represen- Prank Carlson (Rep-Keen r of the rejected bill embrac- Illc modified skip-s-tsx-year of Beeodley ltuml, announc- wlll renew his battle 1n the " Iiee end seek to bring the e before the House again.

ming Events

to» lkics -— Bourls Monday. l-il-l

unloadlnjr,

Bilued .

our good I. Ion-ls, 8-81-21.

. hog; at Colville, Fri- until l P. M.’ Leslie

rv now Y bay.

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Although the allies have massed thfiltbest-rirslned and brst-ccuipped m a o m“ urge Joe ever assembled file time and Nmfl-lns the sage: 1x11 Brl sfk

ss wee s highly regard- 8d military critic declared thgi, gn Invasion of the continent at pres- cfli» ‘fvoillti be “l most costly ven- ture which could not "lend direct.- 1y to n decision."

81m Point to Offenlivos

But lncreasln 5i n5 om fact that srrwhr,"c..n'§¢r.l,§°,"§§ Americans are musterlng gnd use. 1H8 their strength for Importsntof- Ionoives this year.

The opinion in some well-h» formed quarters of the United States that s successful end to the Tunisian cam s‘ would he the sl no} for an Ymmedibte assault Htlérb‘ ' sn fortress Itse is a matter of dispute here.

Most qualified observers agree. however. that no new attack can be undertaken until the ‘Punlsinn campaign is completed. The hur- ried Axls retreat toward Sfax lo- day encouraged one unofficial ob- leiVef-Cyfll Falls 0f the London Illustrated News, who hes just ro- turned from Tunisia-to predict that the Axis would be completely elected from Africa by June at the lsiost.

There is little disposition in of~ flclal quarters to raise the hopes that the summer cunpslgn could lnish off the wsr except by the green-ion] istrokel of luck. Mr.

urc , n b s s-st speech, spoke of victory 1n 1944 or i945.

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‘mere are stln-ings of military lctivlty end the possibilities seem rather lo include these:-

1. An attack in the south or west of Europe to obtain and hold a iizrldaehesd tor full-scale invas-

ns. 2. A limiting attack somewhere "in the west to knock out the U- bost bases which have been help- ing to thwart sllied efforts to ther men and material for sn vcsicn. l. Beversl limited attacks to wipe out obstacles In the way of sh event/uni grand assault. such as Axis military and sir bases in Mediterranean Islands like Sicily, sardinin. and Crete.

csnsdlnn troops long. have been eager for battle end e British umies obviously are st o. high nk in both train and num Most of the land fightin . It is ex- pected, will be done by p Cans- dlnns and Britons for Lt.-Gen. Frank M. andrewlsx.) czahncimander of American oops Eurppesn theatre nf operations. and other generals have indicated that lire principal United States effort will be concentrated in the sir. y

New WOODOIII

News of great strides In I114" and psrstronn training and squir- rnsnt is iesk out adusl y. New wee/none suc ns tan -bustinl planes and tractor-mounted rims are coming into use. The all-out air offensive i! Mini b11194 ll "l9

the English Channel, blue of the invasion

gain

till h ot en lu fled with. Ohuiahllh placed that first among the allies‘ objective-even before invasion.

4: Iistches In Parcel

0am 0i Fire

burst into ma‘! recently 0t Bali- fin mot-hand to hi: Csnadlan

The Pout (Ifiee ieitsrshd t the sending of rfihlches, llg ter fluid inflammable sub- ngury to lnw snd to lend such

parcels. ____ _.

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tmosi, closely guarded 19°!‘ n.

" mnny farms and difficulties o get-

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ilurl Tanks, Artillery Into Attacks

Germans Still Main- tain Threatening Initiative In: Khar- kov Area.

LONDON, March e0-(OP)-'I‘ho Germans o ned s furious assault u n Sovie positions along the s ategic Upper Donets front to- day, hurling strong tank and artil- lery forces info stubborn attacks WhlCh finally were blunted by re- sted Red Army counter-attacks, oscow announced ‘

This resurgence of violent fight- lng on this [front after a. com- parative lull cost the. Germans 500 officers and men killed. 22 tanks burnt out or damaged and 10 self- ro ..led uns destroyed, said the Sov e mdnight communique as recon-ed here by the Soviet Mon- . The battle raged in us] furv overhead, the Russians cl ming l5 German planes brought down by air combat and by ant nafmraft rifle and machine-gun fire.

‘The communique named General Simonov as the hero of this defen- slvs battle waged east of Kharkov nlon s ISO-mile stretch of the UD- ped nets between Bclgorod and chuguev which has come to, be known as “hell's half-hundred.’ It was along this line that the R/us- sians stormed the great German of- fensive which reiook Kharkov. and for weeks it has been the scene of extremely heavy fighting, -

‘The battle had hit e lull for several days but the scram! renew- dlsclosecl by Moscow tonight makes it clear the Germans still maintain c threatening initiative- On the important Smolensk front west of Moscow. now boned thaw. the Soviet communique re- ported that the Russian drive never- theless pushed slowly but steadily ahead with the capture of Boothe!‘ “strongly - fortified mutilated place" in the IonB-Drebflrod d9- ‘mf. “H2223. ‘Bibi?’ m???’ Nsz use. r r a ' erisl were taken. The Russians] also of capturing another nopu a place In this area. killing 200 Ger- mans.

Believes Livestock Production Gan Be Boosted In '43

OTTAWA. Mnrch 30 — (CP) - While many farm; cannot produce more than at present, It 1s be- lieved livestock production can be increased in 1043 on some farms and in some areas, Agriculture Minister Gardiner said fodBY in the fore- w;rd Io a booklet setting forth agricultural objectives for the year. The Minister said it would not be easy to attain the 1943 E081! in food production, which ere great- er than the records attained In 1942. "pgvrgble fncforg are that live- stock and pou try numbers are It peak levels and that the bountiful harvest of last year ensures plenti- ful supplies of _fecd; unfavorable factors are shortages of hel on

ting new machinery to replace lost manpower. I

"Nothing less than evcryoncs best It (minted on for this critical year, Cnmdlan farmers hnvenmet every challenege in the best- Ths booklet indicated the results nrh‘t‘i1 °"’ ‘woe-wed from "m "~- heavier welg is before marketing. Cattle markelings in 1043 were estimated st shout 1.230.000 head. Increased production was considered necessary, with 100 pounds desired fo ma an mi amiss in 1942. ~

Trainees From Bosch Grove Iloltl Dinner

use, night two platoons from N0 e: our. more. Beach Gmve. ha“ ‘gsiijoysblc dinner at the 011m A. d Robertson. officer Qrnmandinl the Tralpinl 0611i" presided, and the two platoon com- m-ndgfl’ t, I, NIQIOQB and Lieut who train-

Lfeu B. u. .1..|;é:1srks.n'.h° men. lflll - “The Dance Band from

and sins-IO lg‘ ‘if!!! was ed b! 1-4701. 0on- ‘nzosts to the King and the ‘Inm- i Oentro were honored and the 2'53"" "' u".':.:='.".':ts.z':.“.: n on 02m d the tratntnl ber- These platoons, ‘l0 men in all, will luvs shortly for advanced

War Situali

grim warning to Japan that s new

tiuction can make.

erlcnn planning and action which There is reason to believe that

on Last Nigh

By Glenn Babb, Associated Preu War Anliyst

The announcement thnt high officers of the United States forces ln the Pacific have been in Washington for war plans consultations

is and for her unpleasant chapter of

the Pacific wnr is about to open. It will demonstrate how fnr the United States Navy hal recove Izu from wounds suffered at Pearl Harbor and whnt n difference even a small part of Amerlcli huge warplnnc pro-

. It may be too much to expect that this new phase can produce de- cisive results In 1043 but it In likely to be marked by a boldness of Am-

wls impossible while Pearl Harbor

still cast its shadow over the Pacific outlook.

Pacific commanders feel the time has

come to advance boldly beyond the stage of the holding operations they have curried on the first l5 months of the Pacific war. Evidence is growing that the situntion of the Japanese is increasingly

anxious and difficult. Since their tide of expansion was reversed in the Solomons end New Guinea last summer they have been decisively beaten

every time they have been brought

to now by limited resources. Those together removed until lllltler is

distant future.

The Pacific situation Is an invitation to bolder strategy, beyond the one-lslsnd-at-s-time method to which we have been tied up

to battle, on land or sea or In the nIr. something

limitations, of course, will not be oi- destroyed by Allied, especially Am-

erican, prospects In the Pacific have so tar Improved as to justify the expectation of dramatic and welcome news from that front in the not

Prohibition

The major problem of Prohibi- tion lsw enforcement is now pre- sented by the extensive sale of a1- coholic extracts and essences, de- clared Hon, Thane A, Campbell, Premier and Attorney General, 1n the Legislature Inst night. He re- vealed the bppuranco. In; 1a.:- :- qusntities of s. new concoction- '0herry extrscfP-a potent com- pound, sixteen gallons of which

ad been seized by the police in Bummerside Monday night.

The Premier's statement was mode in the course of a three-hour speech on the Prohibition Act, on a. motion for second reading of s bill containing o. number amendments to the Act.

The Premier concluded shortly before 11 p.m., and after the House had gone into committee on the bill, with Mr. Baker In the chair, he moved that progress be reported. The House then adjourn- ed until 11 o'clock this morning.

‘The Premier's speech surprised members on both sides, who had expected that the Budget debate would be resumed BI. the evening session. Hon. Dr. W.J.P. MscM1I~ lan and Mr. A W. Matheson had spoken in the debate in the

Premier Campbell Makes Three Hour Speech On

Enforcement

— afternoon. and it had been bd- journed by Mr. William Hughes. In his speech on Prohibition, Premier Campbell reviewed the history of the Act since its Incep- tion, and quoted conditions partic- ulnrly under the Stewart and vmunders governments to show that arrctlfirécement had always been dif-

Waves of Criticism

He referred to “waves of irre- sponsible criticism" which had swept, the Province from time to time over Prohibition enforce- ment, and said that one of these waves had been “very evident dur- lng the late months of 1942 and the early portion of 1943."

The law, he maintained, had never been so effectively enforced ns during the post few months. In this connection he quoted state- ments of detectives recently en- gaged, as to the dearth of illegal liquor In Summersfde and Char- lottetown, These reports, he said, were “entirely different from the reports which successive admin-

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LONDON, March 30-(0? CABLE) —Berl1n was bombed for the 60th time lust night with the R C.A.F. presumably carrying about ene- third of n great. weight of explosives dumped on the staggering Ger- man Capital and on the industrial Ruhr Valley.

Under the shock of its second bombing 1n three nl his. German author-l les acknowle ged that the wave of aerial blows from B Lain possibly "marks the beginning" of an lnvnsion of the continent. In duyII hi. bodily. R.A F. Mos- qulto Bom ers attacked locomotives in Brittany and a bl radio works M. Eindhoven in r101 and without the loss of a plane. 'I‘he Alr Min- istry said that many bursts were seen on the Elndhcven tar ct and several locomotives were amazed in the French sweep.

Enemy aircraft appeared over s coastal district in southwest En- glnnd today and the air and home security ministers snnounced that bombs caused some damage and a small number of casualties.

The R..A.F'.-R.C.A.F raid on Berlin was; described official v as both hen- vy and successful. wcntY-one bi bombers failed to return. compare

when the RAJ‘. dumpe of bombs in the heaviest Poundinl of Berlin u to then.

While nether London nor Ber- lin reports specified the objectives damaged or destroyed, the regular Swedish Stockholm - to - Berlin en plane returned to the pital today three hours rting w thout hnvinl nded lermsnv. A Stockholm interpretation was this Nssibl! meant Berlin's Tern lehof Airport ha! been dam ed

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Berlin Raided For 60th Time

Anthony Eden In Ilttawa

OTTAWA, March 30 —(CP)- Rt. Hon. Anthony Eden, British Foreign Secretary, came t: Ottawa today for Important conferences Wiih the Cnnndlan government, believed to relate to both war and post-we: matters.

The British Cabinet Minister ur- r-Ived by all‘ froth the United States where he has been meetml; high governmental officials cver a period of two weeks and was wel- comed by Prlme Minister Mackenzie King, Rt. Hon. Malcolm MacDon- ifd, British High Commissioner. and ;ther diplomatic end governmental officials.

Mr, Eden's feet, clad in brown shoes, appeared first from under- neath the tnil of the plane nnd Prime Minister wag heard to say "that looks like Eden" as he saw the shoes.

During his three-day visit Mr. Eden will be the guest of the gov- ernrr-general, the Earl of Athlone at Government House. The Govern- or-Gcz1ersl arranged a dinner in his honor tonight.

Cm lbursday he il scheduled to speak in the House of Commcns to Member; and Bensfors and mske n rad’ broadcast.

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House Burned At Darnley

The farm dweilirrg of Wallace MacNutr at Darnlcy was destnved by fire last night, Neighbors gath-

a large quantity of furniture nncl 1n preventing the blaze from spread- ing to nearby buildings.

There was no estimate of the amount of loss but the dll|lling was a well-furnished old homestead and the l'ss will be heavy. It was not known whether there we; any in. sulrence.

The fire broke out about '1 p.rn. and in a short time raged out of control. It is believed to have orig- inated ariund s chimney.

Senator McIntyre Urges New Ferry

UITAWA, March 30 - 1k in the Senate today, Sontag-Lu: Mnlnto/re (Lib. Prince Eldward 1g. land) “riled on the Government the necessity of constructing anew car ferry for service between Prince Edward Island and the mainland and provision of s subsidy for the privately-corned Norihumberlsnd Ferry Service.

His province was making a valu- able contribution to Canada's war effort but was largely dependent on service provided by a ZQ-ygar. old vessel.

Heavy deficits in the ca: ferry service were rrlet by the Govern- ment and assistance should also be extended to the Northurnber. land Firm-y Service which had ex- perienced small deficits

-Under the terms of Prince Ed- ward Islamfs entry Into confeder- ation there was an undertaking no provide continuous steamship ser- vice bet/ween the Island and main- land. At present the limited ser- vice was a weak link in Prince Ed- ward Island's war- effort.

Senator J H Kine, Government Senate leader. said the matter was of considerable concern to the Government and had reivIIed from the sinking of the ferry Giarlotbe- town at a time when the war made it extremely difficult Io obtain a replacement. The Government bad indicated its desire to provide nigcw ferry as soon as possible, he sn .

“Ilo, Ilo, No” ls Strikers Answer

MONTREAL, March 30-40?)- Assembled tramways striker; w- nlght greeted with boos and cries of “no, no, no" the proposals of a fed- eral mediator for settlement of Montreal's crippling tramway: strike and s. union leader said later that he interpreted the re- sponse fo be a “complete refusal" o1‘ the suggestions.

The men gave their answer 1n the big west-end Atwnter Market as they heard an official of the Can- adian brotherhood of railway em- ployees rend the recommendation of H. Carl Goldenberg, the con- cilllstor“, that they return in work immediately pending election o1 s workers’ committee to meet com- puny officials.

As he finished speaking before the thronged strikers, President A. R. Mosher of the CB R.E. turned to a newspapermnn and said of the demonstration: "I interpret that t0 be n complete refusal. All I can do Is columunicnte with Mr. Golden- berg and let him continue his negotiations.”

iiommel For Iiew Post?

NllW YORK, March 30 -—(AP)—— A Toss news agency report record- ed by the Eledernl Communications Commission for the office of War Information said today under s Berna dnteline that the German nd had informed Pre-

medintcly commander- n-chief of the “southern defence nren" of Italyrand the Mediterranean coast of once.

Maritim Sliorthorn Breeders fleet

MONUPON, N B, Nfarch 80- (CPl-Weldon S Dickie. of Blew- Iacke, Nova Scotis. was elected resident of the Maritime Short.- orn Association at the annual meeting held here fought.

Other officers elected were. - mour Wood. Mount Herbert, PE. ., Harry Carter. Auiso. N f3 , Vice- Presldenis; J J Jackson, Gage. town, N.B., Wallace Mitchell. Arn- herst, N.S., A. H Boswell, Marsh- flelrl, .E I., Directors; R. J. Gilbert, Moncton, Secretary-Trea- surer; Chtifles Truemen. Aulac. N. 13.. Auditor; R D Gilbert, Mari-

time D-lreclnr Io Canadian Short- horn Allocation.

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tact with the rear guard sea against the escape co

and their advance throug turod Mareth Lino amou

r Three American forces of Lt.- Gon. George S. Patton, Jr., were deployed in the mountain heights along the Grand Dorsal of central Tunisia, addln their threats against the flee ng Rommel to that of the Bth army and the over- whelming nllled air support.

The allied communique seid the forces In the are 10 miles beyond E1 Guetsr.

made progress following local attadrs." ‘rhey best off three German attacks. At lest accounts. this American force was only 40 miles from liaison with the thund- ering 5th army. Further north, the Americans ere about midway between Maknassy and Meznouns. and 2B miles from the coastal road of retreat, sun farther north, an American column that captured Fonclouk was menacing Ksirounn, an important German sir buss.

The overpowering stren of the sllled sir forces struc again and again at Rommelks heavily burdened transport and commun- ication lines north of Gsbos. The Germans tried velnly to frustrate these punishing blows and 10st l’! plums yesterday to l0 for the B..A. 11'. grid Americans.