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lkobster Size Increased To Seven Inches Land, Sea Air

ages ' Fullest it’ ‘Tells probable. Battles Flaming sststance To °°*t°f"“"l°' Soviet Front

a < Next fiscal ear REsL d rmers y Gates of two Fjor German

Wartime Transportation strongpoints reported reached;- , and Farm - Production Four enemy ships are destroyed.

problems reviewed by Hon. W. J. P. MacMillan.

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Change aimed. . At improving Big Industry;

Ottawa Announce- ment Says Shortage O f Fishermen In Some Areas, Es- pecially P. E. I.

War Situation Last Night

(By KIRK]! L. SIMPSON. Associated Press Staff Writer)

Arrival of General “Dong” MacArthur, the Lion of Luzon, in Ans- ffillimns supreme commander of an allied force including substantial contingents opens a new chapter in the battle of the Pacific.

lt i106! more than uureshadow a knock-down-drag-out defence

of Australia; more even than lend the tremendous stimulus of Mac- Arthur’: name and fame to the allied troops he commands. Their morale has never been questioned. I e

Finance Minister Ils- ley Gives Birdseye Picture 0f Require- merits.

O eahsdowed from the hour the impending

the Untied Nation defence front, is the first ‘ ' egg ' with I" ‘

The move, _, fall of Java fractured . .. .. ‘up . action by land. sea and nir. .

It means n bertnntn: has been made in Australia on muatering UPP-twlfi- mumgll "QQCPQ; the means ultimately io crush Japan. That. too, under the personal figlutlelvcfl ctcimmgns ilémght ma? land, sea and air fighting, the Russians reported 1on1 h; leadership of a battle-tested soldier whose name already has ill- present estimates Se, the govern- their forces have beaten fflrwafd to (he 0-11. f t "mm"! “film”! 1°‘ '3" ""1""! "l 5:9"; Hunt's war eXWTIdW-lfss 1H 1942-43 German strongpoints on the north andflsdlltli ‘i331 “Ialolt

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alt $2,2l3,00-3.000. exclusive of the _ wopmd ‘Looopomoo gm w 5m and destroyed four German ships, including two trans. in ports, in Arctic waters.

m’ A 838M battle railed on the southwestern front before

sum. or $997,- 000,000, would be required by the . _ _ army. mo navy would need $259..- fl vital city-possibly the great industrial centre of Khar-

000/300. the all" force $585.000.000 kov._;md in one sector of that area the Germ d flflS were 6-

and there would be sundr expens- _ es by the Defiance Depar ezits of dared retreating after losing 8 defen ' ' ' than 1,000 deai 5W9 Position and more

QLOOODOO. Munitions and Supply would want ssssooooco ls-r duplications (A Fllllndflbout report heard in London and attributed and recoverable items estimated at to the Moscow radio said fighting was n, . i Khan-v- elour»... P M "g "Yo-v a or e .- , . o a ex- ' penses of these four departments were estimated at. $2.0S'1,000.000. fig‘): °§§m§§fl§°§°b maid and there would be war ellpefldi- m ‘one h“, "a i” Y 5°" bures by other departments ex- be ‘, 1w c m“? ed i mull‘ meted to Nam $,46v0cQ_000_ r o paces in the Kalinin sec- Mr. Ilsley spoke on a resolution w" 90 inn“ “mmwesl M Mm”- providing for introduction a Al‘ earner "W" mid 01' the 991D" bill in the House providing for a W" cllmmmldlllt; war approprlnfion of’ $2,003,000 00o, Staraya Russa, south of Leningrad. cor "also 0* v wou .. , .. nee e erman army to provide for the proposed gilt of whittled to pieces. vast qantities o1 munitions, mst- on another undisclosed sector ____ erlals and foorktlilfs to the United o; the from; the (gommuniqug said, Iéirésdmngepuiipsurlsgd be provided hundreds of German dead were M-msonnrm . __ T‘ 91‘ l‘ - a“ 9 - left. on the battlefield after an un- _-1-he posslbilm’, galeczitmllgrive ‘g1? “l9 new fiscal Y"? 593"“ AP‘ successful tank-supported counter- rli l. tack against Soviet positions. 1t.

(By Eddy Gilmore, Associated Press Staff Writer) MOSCOW. March 17—-(AP)-In a flaming eruption of

OTTAWA. Mardi i'l—(O‘P)-!h- tcbllshment of a seven-inch overall minllmlm size limit for lobsters l:l all canning areas in the Maritime

There is another to urge MacArthur-h selection for his new command and his unqncstioning acceptance of its great responsibili- ties. He has fought a. defensive fight in this war, and has become the living symbol of high-hearted and undsnnted defiance of fantastic odds. At heart, however, he is an apostle of the offensive, not the de- fensive. He does not believe in leaving the initiative to the foe, tac- tically or strategically. He has no liking for trench Waffflfc M15 l5 b‘ his best as a military leader in a war of movement.

Believe Japs Use Deadly Type Bomb

Amied at exterminating defenders; MacArthur takes command in Australia; Many American Troops there.

nounced tonight. The new sizes are bro ““ into ef- fect this week under the fisheries

The new minimum replaces the former 6 i-z-lnch size limit in those areas and, Mr. Michaud said,

in the inter- ery conservation. hing districts where there is no canning and the catch- es are marketed ill the shell the minimum size limits rcmain im- ohcnged except in district. 6A, a. Breton area running from Indan Rock to Fbumboise Gut. Richmond County, where it: is increased filo-m 3 1-16 inched. wralpace measure. to 3 1-8. “'11-! ciian e in 6A _will bring the d18- trict lilo size limit uniformity with all the other fresh lobster districts, except. Grand Marian Island. N.B.. pie-noon. where there is a hlshrr 11m“ 0! 3 ' 1-4 inches, and also into uniform- , Deceased Statesmen - lty with the States of Maine and _ . .r ‘- . Massachusetts. orMocMillarl referred in his on- ' ' > ~. It is understood that .a0tl0l!_ to _ no remarks to the removal of two establish the same carapace 11m French-Canadian statesmen. is likewise being when in New-

lmgancg that any measures in- tcduoed in aid of agriculture would lve his fullest support was given “is legislature yesterday by Hon. p», W.J.". MacMillan. Leader g opposition, in speaking on the in reply the Speech .. ton the ‘Throne. ' Dr. MacMillnn reviewed wartime terns iii this Province with re- ehlefly to transportation, farm yoduoilon. and public health. ‘lie was warmly applauded from s of tho House. as spoke after the mover and iolider of the Address. Messrs. ilclssac and Unkletter, and was .,w¢d, at 5.40 p. m., by Premier hmphell. who moved the adjourn- unl shortly before slx. The House tan adjourned until 3 o'clock this

Wrecked cars Must. he sold Within 90 days

OTTAWA M y, _ Automobile wvreztlil-(cing ‘Zmnfliflg; 111 Clouds have received noti- fication from steel controlla-

_ Ellliislflofltltltllliwfifl-flid {Senéigor gourmm-m -urdn.rom 1e e o e - . politics. to ivhose leadership-die l ~ irltlulc. He also reierred to the ilil of 591131.01‘ Rhodes, former kunler of NOW! Scotia and Finance iliulster lll llie Bennett Govern- llmt. 1t. was. he recalled. under Mr. Modes’ adlnillistrat-ion as Finance llluswr ul Ottawa. between the pus 1981-35, that this Province re- iirilaedlamaliy hundreds of thousands c r

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Condolences were tendered Mr. Ililllam flushes. M.L.A.. on the rc- itnldealli of his mother.

Dr. llllicMlllall then spoke ol the pining of two former political asso- dltuJ-lon. Adrien F_ Arsenliult. and iicnd. Shelton Sharp. _

“Lccbng over the rank and file cf

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HON. DR. MacMILLAN

Special Bus Trips banned.

OTTAWA. March 17 —tCP)- All sight-seeing bus trips --and charter trips which are not "ckarly identified with the war cfl‘ort"-are prohibited under an official order issued by trans't controller W. J. Lynch, ilic munitions and supply de- partment announced. tonight.

"We are facing a very ser- ious shortage of public trans- portation facilities." Mr. Lynch was quoted as saying. "ln many cities the saturation point has already been reached.

“The solution of our transit problems must be curtailment of non-essential travel and

Thg principal other change mace operative by tile new reslllatlvlw l5 the establishment of one uniform season, from Nov. 15 to Jan. i5 on Mav 1 to June 24. for the three lobster fishing districal of Char- lotte and Si’. John Counties. N3» where. heretofore, there have. been different selisflns.

one regulations also abolish the maximum SlZg limits hitherto en- forced ln Charlotte County as ex- psrfence has SUOWXI. Mr. Mlcliaud said. that: there is no blclsgical ad- vantage in alvnlylng maximum 11m- its to lobsters. -

In speaking of the change in‘the glzo, limit in the conning disti- cts. the Minister said that. while the" we-e always some dtffcrerices of opinion in cases of this lend the increase to seven inciiss had the support of many of the newt» in the lobster indiistrv. A resolution calling for the changi- had been adopted last autumn b.v the Untied

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my raids directed mainly at. annihi- lation of North Australia's defend- ing troops developed tonight from ggairlgnatlllonh of edfragigisentattign

m w c spray par of e Darwin area with fiery steel splin- ters today.

Investigators said the bombs drop- ped from l4 Japanese planes were so-called "grass cutters," which, ex- LONDONI March 17_(AP)_M plodlng on contact. spray searing Norway's ports from North cape to "lhtal tgragianm“ ‘fvgr giwwlde are“ Alesulid had been closed by the as: killed ‘largo an domnowgeuzlsggg “Imam may» Premlmflbll‘ W in yesterdays experiment. screen from the suppressed but. mesa bombs are designed w restive Norwegians a stealthy mar- “use maximum caswmges mo“; shelling of Nazi military and naval tpoqp; in contrast to imavy expm. forces which indicated that those slons intended to demolish installa- far northern waters are about. w Lions. _ become a newly active war theatre. Near the Darwin airfield, where

speaking Just after a disclosure only sight» dflmasc to buildings Was that we German battleship T1,- reported. white hot iron blades have p,“ “appears to have avoided" a been found, apparently sprayed over recent Brmsh wrpedommne is.“ wi%rlcll)iécular area by the explod- tack off Narvlk rind thus is pre- 9 -

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i lesplmslble MM“ mmrmam Ariltur hero of th Bat n def speculated "l" u“ °°'m‘“,‘5 w"? has arrived in Ausiruliuaam asslinmi: preparing attempts to isola e W15 command. " United Nations forces

Rumors heard’ p

this fighting only

at Mr. Ilsley said he hoped the tl,- gave the Scene o; of the populated

r10 ggzifillglflmtilmbewudliigrallivg M; “f? ti]; “m”? the present fiscal Al‘. m“ '

He said he woul. later explnin The Germ“? wemtdedméed w how the $1_mo_m0<o..o ward b‘, d1_ have 10st heavly in o hei- a temp- vgded between m, present fiscal ted counter-thrusts. while in a w“ and the next spurt of aerial warfare the corn- ‘ munlque listed 4'7 German planes

trawler and a pyrol boat, the four stiips totalling 16.000 tons, Front-line dispatches said Mar- shal Semeon Tlmoshenkots forces Conservative House leader Hanson, . expressing belief lat-go amounts were A“ impmmnt luncno“ ‘m being paid to individuals who did “Ppwmh” m m” mdellimed “l” nothing or next to notllilig to earn w“ taken only am“ three hours of desperate battle by a Red guard

donned yesterday against 15 soviet in the southwest had enlarged a breach in the German llrle, but. the money. urged today in the . unit employing tanks and big guns House of Commons that Canadian against German tanks and reserve

lrsoea. Units of the Red fleet in the Barents sea were credited with Questioning f Wheat Officials acknowledged fierce reslstance and said the advantage was first with wheat board officials be called be- . _ troopers, the Russian reports said. We the “w” “gnculme- “mm” A Stockholm dispatch said the

destruction of two transports, a AWA‘ March 17 “(Cm _ one side, then with the other. tee. Germans in the Doliets Basin are

Kllhourn that wrecked "m, .'.’l?“2ff..‘.'.“ol“l';‘l.“;€“ ~= c“ known today. . . was made During this 1.1m must take fromwvredks Ziiolilirer: Iny parts they wish to keep f0]- u" o!‘ still‘. At the expiry of 9’ days munitions and supply 4,- Ilartmcnt will take over is. zlizllrlllfi ‘$100k. leaving deal". chlnegllllags of the wrecked ma. nab]? "l"? be deemed rm- Officials expl l d

Jeci of the IIGWQOIIEIEI‘ ‘train 2: quire "Flt quantities 0g w, steel for the manufacture ‘i: Ezllrtiti-trons and other war mum.

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having been brouglit here fitom

ienatofls funeral To Nazi Prisoners

SUDBURY. Ont, March 1'!- (CPl-—Flvc Espanola girls, aged l5 and l6. will appear in court at Espanola. 35 miles west of Sud- bury, ‘Thursday on charges under thr Defence of Canada Regula- tlom said to have been laid after the girls were discovered to have been mailing letters for German ptisoncrs of war in a northern On- tario internment camp. it. was learned today.

fAt Toronto. Attorney General Conant said lnvesflgation of the case has been made but; declined further information about it at the present)

Britain. 'ill l k 1 ' t. . - Cilllfldiali‘ “in? Dilldqtllctllgllllvtelljliiilllttilélll ‘m me mlllfblsliins of uscd machine 10015. it was learned today. Ar. pre- lfialxlltsbeizlilidfelllg Rammed re. in taxis connection as‘: for work " hen present plans are complet- the ‘a 01‘ lllll 0n machine tools in f l ontrcal zircon cnc well in. ormed source said.

stzlgnering of hours. We simply must make full use of all the transportation facilities at our rilsnosifl.

"Already many of the bus companies - throughout Canada have rczlllaed this, and have voluntarily decided to co-cper- sic so that duplication of tran- sit facilities may be reduced to a minimum."

JSALK NAZI PROPAGANDA

Ski's Arctic DOW‘. ml h" supp“, in the southwest Pacific. It was . . I ‘s -

lines from the allies or even 11:0‘: aL. announced that large forces of M: . laying down "the ‘heaviest artillery

against British and ‘Alger co American troops now are m Am, bariiagie ever ‘knoundi bed‘ LY

troops garrlsoned in Ice an . t t trails.) 11 Q11 5011x0115 Pr? I‘ _ flild (-108 Another informant in cons an The gnvefnmgnt was aways-s! next two or t) LCD Keck‘? ulou

communication with the Norwfiii- anxiously fresh reports of possible Ermine “ilethf i" E a“ w“

tens suggested a second 0058MB Japanese plans in view of the lat- zettuln gixcir) forward bases ill that

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interpretation-that the Noll} R"? est attack on Darwin. wrrried about the possibilities 07 R. A. A. F. squadrons meanwhile , __ I Chinese score Success on

response to Russian calls for v...e being strengthened by the rc- prin- a gfi/éfifinenl; p111 in

OTTAWA, M rch l7-—tC'Pl— By a vote of 12 to l4 the House of‘ Commons tonight rejected a (f.C.F. amendment to second gifting oi’ thc Wheat Price

QITAWA. ‘lilarcll l7 rel»- lhme Nlilllsiel" Mackenzie King Witt! *1 group‘ of cabnet mem- hllfi- Srltzvors and members of lirllamcl-t wlln today attended the iltneral cf saunter Edgar N. Rhodvs Ihn divi Sllllflfii’

The Print? "lliilster acted as an lfillllran vvll sarcr with Senator If“! Quinn. Defence Minister lgilston, Nivy lvllnster Mncdonald. i ‘““"" "mutt" li-"lcv. Conserva- smcxiioLM-rcr» ._ Minister M House leader Hanson: Hon. of Justice Karl G. Westman has Ilwffi A Git-n. Sneaks-r of the ordered confisciflon of a late lssiie “We cf Commons}, Cant George of t-ltc German propaganda maga- 6‘. . mcmhcr of Parliament for zinc "Signal."

Yukon: Russell Blackburn and - M- .-

of a second front turn hom_e of Australian fliers who creasing the initial wheat price go this connection he dc- had been serving in the Far East through until on opportunity of ex- elated Norway is literally seething In Canberra, Mr. Curtin said amlnilng board officials had been against the German conquerors._ daylightasavlng time will be aban- given. The bill has the effect of in- Among the day's accumulatlritl doned s ‘er Mai-ch 31 because ln- creasing the initial payment from incidents pointed to major action dustrial surveys Shtlwed that ‘"9 70 cents to 80 cents a bushel. basis ii‘ the north. the‘ sharpest and long period of daylight lifter work- No, 1 northern at Fort William. most alarming in British eyes xvas lug hours increased fatigue and The Conservative House Invader news that. the Tirpltz, a listed 35,- ilflwvd 110W“ Pwdllctlon- said his party would support a C. 000-tonner. had not. been run in C. Ftlamadlnent git-ping the not; COWT- m‘ pr Ce s1 a “She! and h“ - India Mfil‘ h l7— 14 bv 8 submarin . Aside from that super-warship. "parity prices" be paid for agricul- wbéwTgElgiqlpnose bh,._,,._-_gns d,“ mnona1igy_ Two g,,ezr,méilnkn‘lizrré which apparently w“ ‘mdermkmg mm products- fending cast. control Buzma have lost. '

m exponent-cl will“ 1'- the Rt“- killed one third of p, force of ion

lif‘.‘é.ill”l‘la“lf..‘ll‘fl"fiifdffidil. - nnglvzrivizls..;P2il:,rz:os22 Britons to have Fewer clothes And less fuel

I I lllchy interns the Germans also have in northern near the border of the Shun States LONDON. Mai-ch l’1—((7Pl—

FRENCH smr TORPEDOED

"LONDON, March 1'! — USP)‘. Rows Neil's Agency reported oo- l‘. gilt. a Vichy Government an. nouncemcnt that the French cargo Shem-shin Sainlf- Marcelle was tor- pcdoeti in the Mediterranean Ivfllrrh

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. "Wit H. Clark nnrl was attended

"d m" Reported In North Sea mimisd by col. n. Willis 3mm took pltldd in Beechwood - ' ' ' inn o... British lose Destroyer while at least five Nazi E-Boats are destroyed.

vorligern and destruction of at least five German motor torpedo- boats in a week-end series of battles in the North sea was an-

"flllon. ‘The Earl of Athlmie. nomaou, March iv-(ori-liosu nounced tonight by the Admiralty. Two

H» Blackburn. ‘I ' I ' ' Series Of Sea Battles Werner General of Canada. WM of the i,000-ton British destroyer other German boots were

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9i Mon us Saturday. 100 Mach i'l—(AP) alty credited the Royal Air Force

L-l013-3-l7-lii. . u“, Stewart m“ rdormvrvm . _ ' y, tertoin- __ t d to the uh heavy Amuse tn t-hm more. m“ m “mm” w" ‘Med o “y was detailed by the Admiralty.

1481011 iiuu L-l0l3-8-l1-8i 1..., M - - American Republics fallinl orlillllld no as concert and “w” '° m’ M‘ ‘Swill “$11 iilh’. "detail: lilo“ rildmiiiiim: locial Thursday. numb 19th. fhiémwi-‘Qew .1233? Qihfhsc mer- filial’. ii, vvirgon two German "a- _ ‘ L-m-l-lfl-ll-fl- uuuuisirlp Montevideo and the l><_?_u"tw?r%td$trw.e:éedy Gem“ ' ‘- t. toll ted o izinl e n! ° nffxlggggsow-v. March 21st giligwfi. 52mm shidTzonla. bouts attacked a British convoy, In, WIN. Precious cod u. u..." .... v, he convoy escaped. but the i016- isteryq “IMG_4484, _ I _ t e announcement. of t dc‘ er vorunm w" Mb "loodl ‘W ' “Th? 1'1 of ncr crewman the gletligd sdllgywm‘ “m” m‘ d" i9- Sumrrlegrsldoeutlilmlilmiubfal-m ‘ye-hunch,’ “and lunsnsltincf stroyers ilolderness and Wallace “t” llll a our; all‘ " m” "rthsr outlines of umrusvm a?‘ 0" "M" m“ ‘“'“"°‘ "“‘ i to join this fight, the

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By mld-Mtiv the monsoon will ben able to buy a suit, rain cog; bring rains v-lurlr will m‘rc down pair of pajamas, pair ct fives, pgh- military operations to“ five mmtlw. tifngcoclrs. u shirt and tlwo handker- Rlsht nan} “will: Al; iwliizxnirhgd c s ondroa mo a a rrp are e

Mr Dalton hold the House of 01d mule trrvks in Blmrm. Commons fuel rationing -—*—» ~—-—~ Wgrgld b? institugsld DQCZHIS? m "a DOING l1‘ NOW utcs later than Charlottetown. v serous o em t m ca“ “mm LQNDQN“ 4GP» __ 1-,... 4,11,. BURDEN-géié‘$‘ggltlilliN'llNl

the nation."

"Our coat reduction has been Fxétfh Ncfllls that Germany's Hin- Bffily insu cient and our con- denburg once said Rump. wns an lumlpt-lon excessive. We have Just vn=t she would swallow the largest

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First quarter moon. 7.01 pm.

ships Admiral schcer and Lutzoiv ‘DNDON' March lbw?) _,me The clash-or series of clashes- Mcrooco interned today in a Gen Thrilandwhichhastecn under signed as reprisal for the Royal

It aptiearcd the enemy was using insist also upon the arrest of Unit- mont today they would have to get in an effort to dwert the CIIHEWG 191-1 _ (gm-nun; expected for some time, and it was The double-bnrrellcd tllzllieriilll 3mm" “YW- WYWQ Jfllmtvsc “NW8 l l Mirocco

wed EEMQQY. the ma“ RV" “d lnvaiuuifle June 1 liie clothes ration would be iabllshrd in the illtllllffi of ‘malfo- ‘uwet: ‘M manuhntic “ppm ' mo“! m‘ trlclty would be introduced lrrlwd- difficult. but their were stwnc i11- og Burma against ovsn n violent Jap- lssuing extra coil