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CHARLOTTETOWN, CANAOA, “wan

NESDAY, MAIIHCIII. 10, 1943

ER ANS LAUNCH GREAT OFFENSIVE IN

We“) Cd)‘ Ferry IIIIYTOWII Man Need Stressed

I Trade Board Will Urge Legislature To Pass Resolution Supporting Demand For Immediate Action.

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lino lifld, Six

Canadian Fliers

OTTAWA March 0—(CP

) —A-

the Distin uished riviniz 30:12; six Canad an flier; and one from Newfoundland was an- nounced today bv R.C.A.l". Head- quarters: llbilovring are the D.F.O.

"htfiifairi-eo llmeso Webster vbose father, Ernest B. Webster,

tv ouv r; uvrenshlbcwlgobegt Irwin

whose father Fred ‘rrlckett.

dt B k.‘ Baebstcr and squadron )

Iiimbol (Fit. Lts. no in the same ‘ t. Lt. Allan :1 Grand Falls. Nfld. . PO Robert Sherlock ‘ whose wife. Mrs. Rose J. lives st Toronto where PO. now is spending leave: A p0, sylvester Dsnahy ' grandmother. Mrs, Theresa , yes el Vancouver-

Trickett lives at

‘Prickett

McPherson Ogllvie

Eustace Eustace. limstace

whose Danahy

wo. can Sorsdahl whose father.

Otto Borsdahl, lives at suit

Midsl

llould Force Idlers To tlork

. son inn-u (Prog Con.

OTTAWA. Mahdi 9 -(OP)—-J0-

Toronto

Drnforth) today said in the House

diction" during wartime.

lie _. tern. non-producers, = us," or those who s

"Pbr th

fiiimmust have a, chango

.L

Ufllilfilbis 1nd

the buds of Ontario" no said,

oi Commons that means should be 1 found to “force the wealthy. heal- ‘tliy. non-producing idler Into pro-

hnd referred to “globe-trot-

lioéidsly-mrtk- Ho,“ e w n- ten in Florida or Commie.

ose who have poor health

of cli-

I would recommend the Lau-

northern high-

9- the

"Resolved that s committee ap- pointed by the Board of Trade, joining with a special committee oi the City Council, appear before the Provincial Legislature to pre- sent the need for a new car ferry and requesting that they pass a resolution supporting the action oi this Board In its demand: that the

‘ constnsction oi a new ear ferry be

proceeded with Immediately, and that the Premier flnt be consult-

strengthen his hand In his endeav- our to have the work undertaken by the Dominion Govesnmerui.”

The above resolution was adopted unanimously at s special general meeting of the Charlottetown Board of Trade last night. 1t was moved by Mr. Boulter and seconded by Mr. A. W. llyndmnn after lengthy discussion in which strong oom- plaints were voiced with regard to the present inadequate car ferry service.

The following committee W85 ap- pointed io wait on the uglslature: Messrs, V. A. A-insworth. chair- man; J. W. Boulter, George P. Thompson, W. N. Wilson. Frank B. Clarke. T. W. L. Prowse, and two representatives from the City Council.

Correspondence was read from George P. Thompson, manager of Associated shippers, J. W. Bculter, manager cf the Prince Edward Island Potato Growers’ Association, Frank B. Clarke. and W. N. Wilson. manager of Canada Packers Limited. a‘1 stressing the inadequacy of the present service. Mr. V. A. Ainsworth, president of i-lie Board of Trade presided. Thom taking part in the discusnion in. eluded;

T.W.L. Prowse. B. A. Maolcod. R. E. Mulch. Frank B. Clarke. Major T. E. McNutt, J 0' Hynd. man. W Chester a. McLurs, 5, Graham Rogers, Mayor B, Roy Holman W. F’. A. Stewart, M,1,,A., Lt -Col. D.A MacKinnon, w L riissins. v. A. Ainswortli, A. w. Hyndmlln. G. J. Tweedy. K. C., b-teDfluslss. M.P., and J W.

r.

Interview with Premier

Mr. T. W. L. Prowsa, chairman of the transportation committee, told of the committee's interview with Premier Campbell. who foll-

ficaanatreorzrrn-igfi.’

l Allies Drive

Romnlel Back

By Wes Gallagher, Associated Press Staff wnm

ALLIED IIEADQUARTER

forces in Tunisia seized

1 Field Marshal Erwin Rommel dragged hi

S, NORTH AFRICA, March 0—(AP)—AI-

the initiative on land and in the alr today as

s partner column out. of the

,1 mash” “l ""3 British 8th army, leaving 50 wrecked tanks on the. battle-

n

Iii ‘ ‘Juggle kind of thumping

American bombers and fighters lllilfglltinn over the Sicilian Strait, e flight of 90 German warplanes

that R0

l7 burning events

‘ in} »._ 7m“! — Bouris Tuesday.

ting

'0& HIIIIII. D00

- "Talki _‘“ .’\ "qlhutslus saturate’;

at "‘_"""'- . v chaff‘ Creek variety

VCI‘ H511‘ Much

a "lea ~- ‘*1.- r and?‘ 112i.

-___ "Prior Queen It. l‘ Prise.

3-10-31

Rink 3-10-11.

3i.

concert; at 12.

IO-II.

Olltéitllll-

smashed a powerful German accounting for 19 out oi an ss- . to hand Gearing’; aerial forces

msnel had received from the British

German and Italian ques significantly omitted mention or Rommel’: attack: and his subsc- queni. retreat. Th were reticent too on the score the air battle off the Tunisian coss except to claim five planes shot

in a convoy.

mmel‘: retreat in the south was carried out under attack of Allied tighter-bombers.

Having suffered far heavier losses than earlier reports indicat- ed-an Allied communl e revised upwards from 38 the to ber of German i, -he up an hi: forcepsarinto the protective tor- rain souttiwsst of the Msnih Lina.

s dciock. "n. t t l of t nks defin- --..... ., T, sii.fi.°oir..ai"i'ii"si.."o iii: . r l ‘W u» dim» fit ‘up . .. "n. -- l" tin- "e an. ‘is fir; , sn-ivclsuig _ e i flfll- W! I " ‘v M-wtbfidi?" hurries: r. , __.___ 3'°"°" (In pI-mmsi rting emu- mugging n to mm a mers loss of "taln ttiaetdfltge: i l a n“ Iofinrafybsl-‘a gtzgllrlLxrriaég; I$T'I.'“§riu’.'i’.°°n§§ gods been lost. . “Kmflllh. iitcnuguo, ' p.941, While this observation we: not. re- stlmmn. h _-_..- nothipg )wu said of In!’ Ewan-H trowel? §§§itfi’%! In yet uncount- southern runn- raffle 11-10 A. MI o. c. Green tan sacroi- an lied line moved ' - limo- S-i-W-T-tf. steadily ess with the French

hlgfirccgvalrnd oélgakesi at l! nofilne gcllgiviliyi

. ltarch i. .: Keri-

sy ti ‘us-u

occupation of the town of Toseur. will o tmIlamweatrtglti Gael»: an: A ro repo a u

on the ‘liflutskirts of ‘ill: latte: ‘iat- rnered in northern ‘mull!!- lnsmy attacks near ‘haters. seven miles west oi Bcvkenane. W"

thsown back h fllihflh! sstorday in wIIIch III-III, 200

ed to ascertain if such action would I

May 6o To Post In Washington

UTTAWA. March 0 - 5 Benlamln Raisers. Secretary to m‘ Canadian H1811 Commissioner l“ Al-lblfllllfl. is being brought back '0 this country and will probably f” "miimed l" Wuhlnston. it was earned at the Department of m.

ly-

(CP) _

ternal Affairs too

- Rosco has been in Austra- u‘ 1°? "We years. No decision liss ilcifingeeélitmade on his successor st

Mr- Ros rs li a in . zylfjrbsloree iolrllns tnecggrbrttlir

s Department mgr,

‘ML Hosea is r Rogers of Chariolteaggwgi. “lléfislli grading lgrince of Wales College 3" "all": from Dalhousie University in 1933 he attended the London school of Economics, gpgc- mlzi"! 1h international relations.

Langlais Takes llp Claim lie

COITIIIIUHI- g

own and to 1e _ say their ow-n planes were protect-

30 Ships Sunk

QUEBEC, March 0 ——(CP)— Hormisdas Langlals (U. N. Magda- len Islandsl repeated in the Legis- lative Assembl today a statement of Oncsimo agnon (U. N. Ma- tane) that upwards of 30 ships were sunk in the St. Lawrence River and in the Gulf of St. Law- rence last summer.

Mr. Lalnglais said “we ‘lost. more

titan 30 commercial in tor- pedoings in the estuary of the river despite the boaatings a la

Goebbels of‘ the Honorable Minis- ters for Air and of the Navy who said "not 51111316 enemy subma- rine can remain more than 24 hours in the estuary of the St. Lawrence River without being da- maged, qr sunk.’ "

In the House last Thursday. Mr. Gngnon said that upwards of 30 ships were sunk in river and gulf during the summer. Navy Minis- ter MacDonald challenged the claim and said that "all our infor- mation is that b0 ships of all kinds, including two Canadian warships, were sunk last summer in the Riv- er and Gulf of St. Lawrence. the Strait of Belle Isle and Cabot StraitP-I-le offered to set up a {zommittee to investigate the sink- ngs.

Mr. Gagnon said veefiefdfli‘ that he would reply to Mr, MacDonald tin the Hons; todny, but. he did not do so. Opposition lender Liam-ice Duplcssin wn- scheduled to resume the debate. whim arose on an oo- poaition motion which asked the Government to produce all docu- ments in connection with protec- tlon of the St. Lawrence. He ceded his place to Mr. Langlais.

“It is a fact," Mr. Lnnglnls said. "that German U-boats summered in our interior waters from the mouth of the Ba/gueriay to the sea. 'I‘heir point of assembly was Poinie Aux Anglals on the north more. At night they would surface. charge their batteries and clean their drip. It happened so often that we ask how it could happen so frequently In the same lace with- out the enemy being d sturbed.’ He urged that the strait of Belle Isle be closed with a steel subma- rine net and tire: a sufficient mim- ber of patrol ships be placed in Cabot Strait lo prevent U-boats ettlng through. He said s sub- marine detectirg system should be set up in lighthouses and at sev- eral points along the shore.

Mr. Perrault. Casgrain. Minister without portfolio. said that protec- tlon oi the St. Lawrence mould be ft to Federal authorities.

Advocates ilome Rule

WABHINUDON. March O-(AP) - President Roosevelt today ad- vocated home rule for Puerto Rico. where 2.000.000 United States citi- zcns are crowded on a mall Car- ribbean Island which has been con- verted to an Atlantic Gibraltar for defence of the .- a Canal.

The President asked congress to consider s soon ss possible an am-

ugweli, one alers.

r. Roosevelt's recommendation; came on the heels of o huh er and want in the tropic Isle whic has been un er the American flag N years. Mem senate committee. ratuming from the Island recently. told of hard- ships resulting {rom over-populat- lon and unemployment, sharpened by the loss of shlPDinl and insular trade.

GOOD CASTOII OIL

KINGSTON. Jamaica - (CP)- Successful elberiments have been FOYIIDIQIGO in Jamaica showing that

l lly-grown castor oil can be used fill-swu- in menu-sna- inu-

. tured American and British planes" |Its seapolts. rnn emphasis on tfefen

ception oi what lies ahead.

U The "day of the slimy" of Miakden,

Britain and the United States.

by men

Japan's own greater cant Asia.

s. 1

half a world, a Dominion

what it has overrun.

The Jllllnesc army h oblorvissg Ill annual ' " day) by holding big air rnld drills in Tokyo and Yokoh casts say the exercises “will be made more realistic by the flying of cap- over the capital oi the Empire and ce and on the United States and Britain as the chief enemies is indicative of the army’: current con-

By Glenn Babb, Associated Pres: Staff Writer

today (Wednes-

ln Japan is the anniversary of the 190d battle the Climaotio land victory of the Russian-Japanese war which gave Japan her place among the great powers. sent war the day was dedicated to keeping alive the traditional enmity toward Russia. But the stress has shifted significantly

Before the pre-

Lsst year it was inconceivable to many that the Japanese army, led schooled In the tradition oi Mukden, temptation to stab Russia in the hack while Army ilr to the west. It was not realised then, Berlin, how completely Japanese military leadership had shifted its ob- jectives, how the Russian question had been subordinated to the purpose of expelling the white man from Asia and welding hi; possessions into

could long withstand the Hitler held most oi the Red probably not even In

0 o a a s But a year has gone by with no change in the correct if not cordial neutrality that marks Japanese-Russian relations The prospect oi a Japanese attack on Russia never appeared nrorc remote. Both countries, fighting for their lives on other fronts, seem entirely willing to leave well enough alone on their Amur and Ussuri River boundaries. From Mos- cow eorncs no encouragement ior hopes that sooner or later we shall have Siberian air bases from which to level Tokyo and Osaka, The other change in outlook since the army day oi 1942 is no less significant. Then it appeared that Japan was all set for the conquest of

1,000,000,000 people, half of hum-

unity, all China, India, the South Seas. But today the Japanese army realizes that the best it can hope for Is to hold a respectable portion oi

From the highwater marks on Guadalcanal and the approaches to Port Moresby the tide oi Japanese expansion has begun to ebb, although. from the Allied point oi view, painfully slowly. And although the Ja - nnese Army has spread itself over such an expanse that Its holiday bres a out the flags from the Aleutian; to the Indian Ocean it knows that nothing it holds is secure. not even the heart oi the Empire. Therefore, it drills the people today against the terror it knows is coming, British and American planes over the palace oi the son of heaven himself.

Liberal Pa

Rcverbcrntioas of a much-dis- cussed Liberai party caucus echoed in the legislature yesterdaynivhen the subject was brought up by Hon. Dr. W. J. P. MacMillan, lead- cr of the Opposition, in speaking on the Draft. Address.

Responsibility for the indiffer- ence shown at Ottawa to the 1s- land‘s need for a second car ferry was placed by Di‘. Macmillan witn the Campbell Government, which he charged had failed in its duty to press the matter.

He also expressed regret that the Government; had not given the full increase to $20 per month to old age pensioners.

The Opposition leader followed the mover and seconder oi the Address iMcssrs Saville and Ae- neas Gallant) and concluded about 5.30 p.m.. when Premier Campbell, after speaking briefly moved the adjournment. The l-louse adjourn- ed until 3 p.m. today.

Dr. MacMlllan referred to a question he Iriid asked in the Leg- islature Monday, as t0 whether Hon. J. P. Mclntyreis resignation from the Government. tendered on Feb. 26. had taken place before 0r after the Liberal pairty caucus of that date. I-Iis question had a ser- ious impllcation. According tottie records. the resignation must have been received after the caucus. Mr. McIntyre. as a member of the Gov- ernment, was undoubtedly a party to what went on at the caucus.

"An Unheard Of Thint"

"I iliink. Mr. Speaker." continu- ed Dr. MncMIIlan. "it must be ad- rnitted by everyone in this House that it was an unheard of thing, according to reports which I deem are more or less accurate. that the caucus proceeded to ballot for s vacancy which did not exist. My hon. frierxd the Premier has as- sumed to himself the many obliga- tions and re ibilities of the Minister of ‘Pu lic Works-

Premier Campbell: "If this were not so interesting I would suggest that it was out of order.

Mr. McPhee: “ he whole thint wens out of order."

Dr. MacMlllan: "ls it out of or-

dart"

Premier Campbell: "I think it Is too interesting to matte that sug- gestion."

Dr. MacMilian: "I think it is very much in order. because I am informed that this caucus balloted tor a civil servant of this I-Imise to be leader of the Liberal Party. And to show that it i: a very

Prince): "who told you that? 'I'hat is a very big secret. re was not supposed to,

I-Ioin the Host of Home Bakers who-

LUSSU

CANADA

Dr. McMillan Discusses

Strange Manoeuvres At rty

011C118

iiennans Killed In Disorders

LONDON. March iL-(CPI _. A ‘Fighting French spokes- man here today estimated that the number of Germans killed in widespread disorders in France in the past three days might exceed 200. The must serious clashes between occu- pying troops and the civilian population were said to have occurred in Paris, Lyon, Mar- aeille. Brest and the industrial centres of Normandy, Britann! and Alsace Lorraine.

How Big Are Axis Armies 2

WASHINGTON. March I- (APl-i-low big are the Axis armies‘!

Upholding the United States army’; plans for a total strength of 8.200.000 War Secre- tary Henry Stimson said Illhllht that America's enemies have l- bout 17,000,000 men under arml-

Estimptes based on the bell ‘available iniflormattigna Ghee nhiss ecc ,are a I‘ and harp Allies have 141700.000 men in Europe, and "Russia and Britain together have I- much smaller number." In Asia, he SIIII the Japanese have approximately 3.000.000 men un- der arms,

A comparison of combat units. said the secretary. discloses an cvengreatcr dlfl Ill-Y —- G9?‘ man_ 300 divisions, Iialv 80 dlvis one, or a total oi 400 div- isions in Europe. Japan has some do divisions.

America's lans. on "l" other hand. cal for organizat- ion oi approximately 100 div- islons, the Secretary said.

AFRICAN TOBACCO

0M1 ‘IOWN-(Clfi-The NY"- siand Government reverie that 94-- 000 south Bast, Africans are regis- tered as peasant roducers of to- bacco for the 1 aenson- This l! an increase of as per cent over 1941-

OEYIDN‘! CROPI XIIMBO-(C-PF-In

further-

snoe of Ceylon! great effort to- wards increasing food production the islands agriculture department lnted a crops officer to deal proper ordering of crop

haaap with e ame

M

arnai. Axis broad-

irom Russia. to

Tell 0f Last Minutes 0f Louisliurg

BY FOSTER BARCLAY Canadians Pres; Staff Writer

SOMEWHERE IN SC ‘ I March 9 —tCP Cabiel- Amid a geyser of steam and bubbling oil the Canadian corvette Lnuisburg sank to the bottom of the Mediterr- anean four minutes after being torpedoed by an Italian aircraft.

(Sinking of the Louisburg with loss of 38 lives was announced in Ottawa. Feb. 18.1 .

The last minutes aboard the little Canadian warship were described today by 34 survivors staying tem- porarily at HMCS. Niobe, the

Donets

Divisions.

Canadian Manning Pool nestled among the picturesque Scottish hills. Eight others still are in hospital in North Africa but all are expect- ed to recover.

The Louisburg was helping other Canadian corvettes escort a large allied convoy when Italian torpedo planes made a surprise attack lust after sunset one evening Inst moirth. Their bombs missed the target but a torpedo released from a height of '15 feet plowed into the Louisburgs engine roam.

Cook Francis Carragher of NorthI Wiltshire. P.E.I., told how he watch-

ed the bombs fall and dashed back to his quarters to get a tin hat and a lifebelt before going to his action station. When the abandon-ship order was given he dived off the forecastle.

“I reached the float but when the ship disappeared the flout was sucked clown with me hanging on I0 it." he recalled. "Suddenly there was an explosion underwater as the boiler bew urn nnd I shot to the surface. For a moment I thought I was a goiter."

During the 40 minutes the men were in the sea a merchant ship passed but could not stop.

The men did not lose hope. how- ever. shoutinir and singing to keep up their suirits.

sia, through most of the great counter-offensive in

south and southeast of

February with 21 strong

been replenished after

The Russians report

to the northern bank of th

and men-

Russian losses were not mentioned in the announcement made in the regular midnight communique broadcast irom Moscow and re- corded here by the Soviet Monitor. ~

SLIGIIT FIIIE THIS MIIRIIING

Shortly before i o'clock this morning flrmioir were called to a double-tenement at '7 Orlebor st. Damage was only slight although the house was fills" with smoke. The fire appeared to have origin- ated ln a downstairs room and to have burned in between a wall. One half of the building was oc- cupied by Mr. Jackie Ioyle and the other by his father.

The Russians reported giving up the cities of Krasnorgrad, Lozovaya. Pnvlograd, Krasnoanneisk, Kramat- orsk, Barvenkovo Slavyansk rmd Llslclianak

All of these had been taken in the great Soviet winter offensive. Loz- ovaya. about 65 miles short of the Dnieper River, was the highwater mark of the westward push.