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forrawa. May 12 -(cr> -or all muons fighting the our Can- gnius made the greatest progress “l; training, Air Minister Pow- ‘iold the HOuse of Commons to-

t, he said, is the reason the Nations air conference ls . g here next week to orsservc thus been done, to 1100c moth- followed and to consult on ‘you of co-ordlnating air train-

‘efforts.

j l9 Minister spoke on tie air .. . share in the 32.000.000.000 war ,. priation bill. Giving fact; and l. .. i on the British Common- t- tn Air Training plan he disclos- iliat its schools now are pro- ‘l 1 a surplus of trained alr- ~ f in excess of overseas require-

nts.

‘that situation makes it ble ‘lurn more aircrew adua s into lnliome war establls ent oi’ the lwll Canadian Air Force and to ll! extended ogerationai training Canada to a crews destined for minis service.

Men and Facilities

11h]. Power gave an account of » position of the Royal Canadian Force in men and facilities, i for home defence and in re- »... lo the air training plan in il"e United Kingdom. Aus-

, v- tinued on page 7. Coin?)

fay 25th. To Holiday

UITAWA, May i2--(CI-/—'1he Ikiorla Day holiday will bc ob- uteri in Canada on Monday May blhls ycar as the usual date o1 observance, May 24, fails on a Sun- ibtatbtal/e Department officials said

ill. Under provision of the Victoria lit)‘ Act, no proclamation

lite May 25. officials said.

liar-ZS Years lgo Tod;

(By The Canadian Press)

MAY lli. flirts by aimy of the German frown Prince ncrlh of Rail. ‘on d“ champagne front Ausra fans

~ lurl in vimy sectcr- Rus- tin Gen rel Kcinilcff reagred as Vgflgldllfitil’ of the Petrcgrad gar-

toming Events

u.- NllUrl-I In this I cnila o" and

"Plat-Mt. Stewart Friday.

‘Ill to:

Thursday 5 12 3i

"Talkies-Montague Saturday -

'P.E

acie Bill-with Wallace Beery.

“cilliec ting 0g;

wgitemember the

“ m) Hall next

.1 on Wednesday and Frida "will until further notice. y

List

Albln your

m‘ Al‘ months.

audio. mm‘

can“ "am “mm” in (yr-ohm,- Iaifi?“ my i4. ii

- "we arm.

omlatl of n fnltli “u at to live with,

nemy U u ioavy Fighting Rages’ 0n Kerch Peninsula Freigh Minister Reviews Nazis Throw A

Canada ’sProgress In Air Training

portance of Next Week's Air Conference at Ottawa Emphasized

i“ e gallant stand in outskirts of .

b-ii-Iii "Dance in Kelly's Cross Hail "mimil-Y- May l3. 5-12-21.

m“ n“ “ti: every Friday. nmrlmmw Leslie Macaugeg.

rummage sale lsturday 5-13-21.

.~"A.,P- Gallant store will at I

u. m .1110 Old F58)“ ed u.‘ n u “an. 0n MO d1‘ . hi... di$§t§ ‘ 5- 3- . “wiring m‘, u u“; m, m. 8t. Paul's Ball. The sevon yo

who n“ ‘fg graduate nurses. the nurama wofmlon.

presented vrlth the dllflomll "l4 115°

dies,

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“mo. lRRfmrlb-U-T-l 5%: Honor, Lieutenant Governor that those who remain at homo ha" B. W

-° *~— , Bertha Thom lvvwmn‘"§|r'fl;h8’ta%n§bctory u ataffnllct min Lund. He, DIIOB Bflkfl w?’ '" "t! wile our hundred M I-l-li q "We the ‘rimng m

Taxis Put Under llew Regulations

OTTAWA. Mly l2—(_ .'- New regulations affecting an estimated 8,500 taxis and 1,500 drive-yourself automobiles by

further tightening wartime controls on these services were announced tonight by the

Munitions and Supply Depart- ment on behalf of transit controller George s. Gray.

The new ruling providen- that, except by permit; no tnxl may be uscd as a bus. for sightseeing trips of any kind, or for cruising to solicit fares.

Long distance trips are ban- ned under n provision limiting a taxi "to a radius of l5 mllcl from its hometown” Permits modifying this provision may be granted in exceptional cir- oumstances.

Every taxi hereafter must carry n slgu indicating it ls a taxi. Markers supplied by the transit controller will be cnr- ried on the windshield, and "under the marker. the name of the city or town in which

- l! ("It t!!!) ls registered."

Mr. Gray aald this regula-

I tlon would enable enforcement officers quickly to Identify any taxi operating beyond u; specified l5-mllc limit.

Slight Advance In Salmon Prices

orrrawa, M}; rz-tcrwnetau m anld whuéufialge prllcesd (at) canned " 58. X11011 8.1 OWG flGVBIWC lliitd to make the date of observ- slightly’ A Ne“ McLean‘ fish pm, GUCLS tlflinllllSlfiitfll‘ i0!‘ U16 Wfiftillw Prices and ‘lrade Board, announced

tonight.

Itetall dealers will be permitted. a one-cent increase on pound con- tainers and hall a cent for each half or quarter pound tin. Whole- salers are allowed b0 cents extra a case of ~18 one-pound containers or

9o nail or quarter-pound tins.

The board said the increase was allowed to overcome the time lag ceiling 1917—French repulsed prices were based on the i940 pack.

caused because retailers’

New Tire Ruling. Expected Soon

CVITAWA, May 12,—(CP)-New regulations affecting sale and use of pneumatic tires will be announ- ced later this wcek. Munitions Min- lster Howe said in a statement is- sucd through the department t/o-

". the same time Mr. Howe denied reports that the department I is considering seizure of tires from ‘° "'" less essential vehicles and that the government intends to commandeer- about half the trucks now in oper-

n ght. At

ion in Canada

t “"41" a "Both statements are completely —f3.067.9'l0 "Entertainment Murray River 1!”9!“3-":-“ld—m'—n°_'

. I. Hospital Nurses Graduation

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Heavy Forces Into Battle

Giant Struggle la Re- sumed After Brief Lull; Results Are Not Ap- parent.

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n Henry C. Could! Assoclyated Press staff Writer

MOSCOW, May ia-twecnesdayl -(CP)—Heavy fighting razed through the night in the Kirflh Peninsula with the Gcrfllfllli throwing masses of cavalry. tom" and infantry against formidable Russian [opceg defending that nar- row gateway to the Caucasus, frontline dispatches reported early today.

Red Army troops under General Kozicv, who recaptured the port 01 Keicli from the Geinians last Dccrmber, were battling the’ Nazi onsiaughts in (he Eastern Crmcau struggle but results of the Lght- lng was not learned here immed- iately. informants here said the outcome “may be apparent in o few days." _

‘Hie lighting on the peninsula was resumed yesterday in a, re- newal of the giant struggle in which the Russians already an- nounced the destruction of 102 Nazi planes in two days.

Aifter a Monday night lull in the Nazi drive toward ‘the Caucasus oil wells across the narrow Kerch Strait, the Soviets midnight com- mlmlque said:-

“Durmg May 12 on the Kerch Peninsula. severe battles lock piece with the enemy.

“On other sectors of the front there were no significant changes."

Tighten Gas Regulations

OTTAWA. May 12-(CP)—A motorist already m possession of a gasoline licence for a private pass- enger car will not be allowed gas- oline for any caiegcry “A” car he may purchase, it was announced tcday by the Department of Mun- itions and S ‘

1WD?- Tlie order, isslued by Oil Con- m

trailer G. R. Cottreile of Toronto, also prchiibits anyone from obtain- ing gasoline for a car he purchases which is in addition to a car own- ed by anyone living with him and connected with him by blood rela- tionship, marriage or adoption,

‘Itie Controller was quoted as saying the order applies only to a car purchased today or at acme fu- ture dale. It was intended to pe- venl. anyone from ciicumvemnng the intention of the rationing or- der by purchasing an additional car in his own name or in the name of a relative. The provisions of the order could be waived by the controllers to meet exceptional circumstances.

" ‘tycne who yesterday had two cars in his possession, or one own- ed bl’ himself and another by scme relation or relative in the same hcusehold, is not affected by the order," he said. "The two licences will remain in force"

GOOD OLD COVENTRY!

COVENTRY --(CP)- This city which adopted the cruiser Coventry for its warship week. contributed as generoiisi in money as it did in bravery uring ruthless Nazi raids (about $13,805,865), double the objective

Seven Receive Diplomas; Dr. P. A. Draelman

mi

the 1042 Graduation class of

in an impressive ceremony held

u, com, my " ‘m “d” “M” °°"‘°“.i %' Sit‘... n. tho], and graduating c ass. ‘Ihe m: of this

ven below. . A 1 aging part of the profit!!! i.- wu In‘; presentation of a sill bl!

Hun ted friends wen the

uslcal

to

Road Hall. dented. The annual event was he not fine this year on l-l-fli- Plonnoe Nlflitlnnlen birthd-v -

than

Seven student nurses. memberaflo: oid 1

Prince Edward Island Hasn't-ll. "- . ' celved thelr diplomas last evening Medical super tandem 01 l!" P"-

ung la-

"ll" further- notice i mu o. "m6 “Se. were" Mum acn- form. The m of toe sd more w can-i ma. nl Mom-on, New rertn- Hilda own be!“ _ m,“ o ‘m e Milton: olyn newborn. ‘lhawdlass Valedlflor! ""3222;

, ens! n. of relatives and lnw pnsen wl

universal’! nf

Delivers Address

the founder of the great nursitld er.

The address to the graduatts WI! delivered by Dr P. . creeimm. vincial Banatorlunl. He mlfl

Q19 1m nee of ial mention of w“ “m reminded the srldlll"!

to per- ap-

|n equally lm rtant dut

was Melvs Land, . ular members

Minnie McP rson, I“

t cl standln in (Continued an ov- Y 0°‘ ‘l

(By KIRKE L. SHVCPSON,

A Churchill prediction that u new “hurricane” of Nazi attack must soon end the “stormy lull" in Russia seems verified within 48 hours of

its utterance.

0n the slender blood-drenched finger of Kerch Peninsula. the

_ to the Caucasus, the first German blows have fallen. ganized "last ditch" opposition to

That vlndicafes also the judgment of man

falllng_ oll reserves which must dominate the brightest hope to shorten the‘ war. I U

Crimean backdoor

Whether the fight for the Kerch bridgehead to the Caucasus proves rig of n new German attempt to swoop uestlon that. the most pow-

n felnt or the actual bcgl

around the Rustov comer. there seems no erful concentration of Red armies on the w ole 2,000-mlle front is post- ed to defend that vital southern flank. Berlin radio commentators hint at a vast Nazi turning movement impending on the

ers in Berna estimate 1.000.000 men for a supueme ‘effort to break. thnzugh into the Caucasus.

front." Military onloo

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War Situation Last Night

CHARLOTTETOWN, caivapfwaoivasiinv, MAY 13,194.

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Associated Press War Analyst)

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Read by Everybody (lovers Prince Edward Island Like the Dew

“Kharkov-Kerch _ time Hlflgr has mustered morning's Liberal caucus when a

12 Quebec Liberals ln Opposition

OTTAWA. May 12—(C‘P)—Of-

Allied observers that. it la l1 » G v - t’ 15 r- ltler strategy arid hold out viiéc nfgpfflriampu My Se

tonight t0 have simmered down to less than 12 Quebec Liberals, with two re- criiits likely from the independent ranks.

This became evident when ll Quebec Liberals made it known that they were not present at this

resolution of “unbonndcd" confi- dence in the leadership of Prime

London discounts that report. Prime Minister Churchill himself ln- Minister Mackenzie King was un-

dloated, however, that Russian and Allied staf ago any positive Information as to where and when the test would come.

"We have not so far seen any evidence of those great conccntra- h.“-“°=5_Lwrairie] lions M German masses which usually precede their lar e scale “ ‘ '

fs still lucked f

wn days animousiy adopted.

(Lib. issued

Maximo Raymond Beau-

to The

‘m’ Canadian Press a list of 11 Que-

slves.” he said. "They may have been successfully conrea ed or may not bee Liberals who wished 1t to be

yet have been launched eastward. B

the days are passing.”

Weather conditions in the Crimea and northward lo Kharkov have been suitable for two weeks or more for major operations. straw-ln-the-wlnd lt la along the southern flunk from Kharkov to the Kerch Peninsula the Russian high com

off ensivc to develop.

By every

’ has expected the German

Burma _Withdrawal Toughest In War

British, Indian

Fighters “Drunk

With Weariness”; Forced To Abandon Heavy Equipment.

(By Daniel De Luce, Associated

Press Staff Writer) CALCUTTA, India, May

len streams, the last companies the British and Indian armies Burma are fighting on towa the mountains

Thirteen hundred miles and

days back I left them. and drove a U. 3 army jeep from Schwebo trails fit only

to Calcutta over for goats. mules-and jeeps.

No other type of motor vehicle

Burma could have made the trip. The exhausted remnants of two imperial divisions which have been continually in action during the whole Burma war must walk."

Must leave Equipment

Their 12-ton tanks with cherry red desert rat insignia, their six- foiir-wheel trucks, and field artillery. simply cannot be man- handied over 150 miles of sandy waste and Jungle morass to the

wheel and

their mobile “ack-ack"

closest, motorable Assam pass,

lglllrflfitd by enemy fighters and

(Continued on page 6, Col 1)

Believe Japs Lurk llorth 0f Australia

12- (AP) — Drunk with wearlness, slugging afoot in both desert dust and oozy slime of dank teak for- ests, and swimming muddy, swol-

of Assam in the toughest withdrawal of this war.

' News Briefs

of of rd MORGANTOWN, W. V., May IZ-(AW-An explosion ripped through a mine at Osage. near 1g Morgantown, today and left more than 40 men still un- accounted for several hours after the blast, in the no, 3 mine at the Christopher Coal

fled because of the war.

over to the Red Cross.

OTTAWA. May l2—-(CP)-— Aboiltlon of the word “de- fence" in cabinet portfolios and substitution of the word "war" was urged ln the House of Commons today by Ross Macdonald (Lib. Bruntford city). lle said too much atten- tion ls drawn to defence and not enough to creating the offensive splrlt.

UITAWA, May i2 — (CPF-Alr Minister Power told the House of Commons tonight that the train- the Royal “receiv-

consideration." made by H. R.

lng of glider pilots in Canadian Air Force was lng very careful The inquiry was

Emerson (Lib. Westmoriand),

. our revs-inmate: Pia” °versh°°ts lftaforcedayto pditpono _an invasion Flfild, TWO Dead

attempt because of

force was believed tonight lurki in island hideouts north Austra la. waiting for se plane reinforcements.

The invasion fleet itself. tlcularly the lleved comparativel vera said, The

babiy was wel dispersed wt read

to re-assembie iuglckly-

The bulk of t fleet was said to be northward of invasion forces are hiding.

Jgpgn! mandated Caroline ‘Isl- ands lie just north of the alarms-gig

“i. ‘this ..az'"n.iic... - °" °’ s coupon _<cr>>_ Blackpool food the grand fleet was somewhere in 0mm thought sumo w“ joking

mot area, probably at Truk

The Japanese flpllofelli-ly have reinforced their rons operatic

cor-res ndentct ‘ r

mom, airlines

Pu“ transports, was be- lntact. obser- ad ed that it pro-

s Javanese Brand stationed illlt the area where the

'1' cad when this letter arrived: n t y can we have new ration books as Kglnkqgl o.“ e been eaten by our mum-a the from a circus w- my" o'clock

n- fimlnwsiitn the other: hav

B t ii u-niulvlzuuorth of Aua ra an epomd

damage; in- the Allies in the Coral the Japanese invailu):

BAIT-EB o! (A P) — A westbound

Cit anti cras pilot and eo-pilot,

escaped allv . y and first officer Donald

Nylrmi, both of ‘Minneapolis, Capt. K. R. Ma

senger. suffering from injuries-

a-rs canon-moons

,elephant." It was . fami .

Join the Host of Home Bakers who-

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Company KENTVII-IE, N. 5.. May 12,- (CP)—Its pageantry greatly modi-

the An- napolis Valley apple blossom fes- tival will be held here May 22 and 23, it was announced today. The proceeds this year will be turned

CITY, Mont. Mov ll -- northwest plane overshot. the Miles rt by half a mile today ed in flame-s, killing its Twelve persons

e Tho deed were Capt. Gene Shank Harold

rtln oi seattle, riding ni the third member of the crew, and Lieut. J. Barnett, a pas- "fle “ken i“ i‘ himflm‘ he island fortrcss. The day's M!

u‘ i‘ 1' m“ ‘he mu‘ M May’ “m! known that they did not attend

the caucus,

These included the most out- spoken opponents of conscription in the House and will likely form the irreconciliabie group. They were. in addition to Ml‘. Raymond.

Jciiii Francois Pouiiot (Temis- couatal, Edouard Lacroix (Seance), Pierre Gauthier (Portneuf). Alp- liida Crete (st. Maurice-Lafleche), Charles Parent (Quebec west and south), Maurice Bourget (Levis). L. P. Lizotte (Kamouraska). Lionel Bertrand (Terrebonne), Wilfrid Lacroix (Quebec - Montmorency) and Emmanuel d'An_lou (Rimba-

ski).

But at the caucus today were seen many of those who yester- day, at a meeting of Quebec Lib- erals. adopted a resolution ap- proving tlie resignation of Hon P. J. A. Cardin as Minister of 'I‘raiis- port. and Public Works, in protest over the Prime Miriisterb move t0 obtain power to impose unlimited conscription.

It was reported tonight that tlicre vras a. marked change of sentiment among the dissenters and that when the vote on the Prime Ministers amendment to the National Resources Act amend- ment is taken not more than 25 Quebccers would vote against it.

Report New-Type Mine, Not Gas

LONDON

report. quoting today which declared that a. new type of German

gas on the eastern front.

Prime Minisicr Churchill has \variicd_ Germany that, any use of gas against Russia would be regard- ed as gas warfare against Britain herself and would be repaid in kind.

That "most Russian casualties in the last few days bore no trace of wounds made the Russian high

command believe that poison gas dispatch aa-

had been used," the serted,

Actually, according to it, a new type of explosive “causes a coiisidé an neutralizes oxygen in the air over

crable decrease in pressure

a radius of 300 yards."

3 Destroyers Sunk ByBomhs

IQNDQN, May 12_(Al_=\_-'Ilie German air force, bioadenizig its campaign to drive the Royal NVRVY from the Mediterranean. (DYE- bcmbcd and sank three British destroyers yesterday in the east- ern Mediterranean.

Loss of the ships, the ISM-toll Lively and the Kipling l-rid Jackal. 01f 1,650 tons each. was announced today by the Admiralty Whlfh said 500 qflflcerg and men-all but 100 men of the touii complement- 0f the vessels-were rescued.

A fourth destroy" nicked loathe survivors, carrying out its gallant Mission in seas littered with wreck- age, splashed with blazing oll and rent, with exploding mm“

Ave-aging the naval losses, Mal- ta's defenders ioda bcostéd to 128 their four-day tal of AXIS

lanes destroyed or damaififi 0V" included five enemy fi8hl¢l$ 5t" stroycd. one fighters probably destroyed.

fighters and three bombers dam-

aged. Tlrnin this attack with 1M8?- "Pllfi-W scale ra ds on Malia.

second attack, shooting

hits each on the Kipiintl Jackal.

RECOGNIZING salt-Tics:

mrmorv-toei —H°$Dilni aefv- Q Q_ F; ice lyadges issued in the past only to domestics, will be exiendrd to all hospital staff members serving a minimum of 96 hours a month

The badges are a nctlcal reoown

D lion of the importance attaehsd to capital

services rendered by h m

TCIICC

_ , Maw 12—(CP)-—The Star published a Vichy news agency Bucharest sources

land mine had caused the Russians erroneously to believe the Nazis had used poison

bomber and three 1n

swarms of d Junkers bombers cs- Britlsh flotilla lust af- yeslerday after-

norm.

British Heaiifighiers repelled a down one ‘liclnkcl and damaaed seven other encmv bombers, After this check the Germans returned a thrrl time to me assault, scoring two born: